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- 一長一短☆【いっちょういったん】
noun:
- (something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings - four character idiom
彼らの意見にはそれぞれ一長一短がある。 Each of their opinions has both good points and bad points.
- 一刀両断☆【いっとうりょうだん】
noun:
- cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive (drastic) measure; cutting the (Gordian) knot - four character idiom
もう少しやさしく意見してあげたらどうなの。一刀両断のもと切り捨てられた彼の立場も考えてよ。 Why don't you try expressing your opinion a little more gently? Think about how he feels getting told flatly that he's being cut loose.
- 一念発起☆【いちねんほっき】一念ほっき Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention - four character idiom
- 一部始終☆【いちぶしじゅう】
noun:
- full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end - four character idiom
その事故の一部始終を私に話して下さい。 Please give me the details of the accident.
- 一枚看板☆【いちまいかんばん】
noun:
- leading player; prima donna; box-office star - four character idiom
- best item one has (to show); one's sole Sunday best; one's single area of expertise
- 雲散霧消☆【うんさんむしょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- vanishing like mist - four character idiom
この議論の妥当性に関する疑問はデータを見れば雲散霧消する。 Any doubts about the validity of this argument are promptly forgotten once we see the data.
- 花鳥風月☆【かちょうふうげつ】
noun:
- beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥諷詠
- artistic pursuits involving nature themes
心静かに花鳥風月を愛でる気持ちの余裕も最近になってでてきたよ。 Lately I've had the time to quietly enjoy the wonders of nature.
- 疑心暗鬼☆【ぎしんあんき】
expression:
- Suspicion will raise bogies; Once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; Jumping at shadows - abbreviation - four character idiom ➜ 疑心暗鬼を生ず
- 急転直下☆【きゅうてんちょっか】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn - four character idiom
- 虚々実々☆【きょきょじつじつ】虚虚実実
noun / ~の noun:
- full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses - four character idiom
いつも真っ向勝負だけでなく、たまには虚虚実実の駆け引きとやらもやってみたいよね。 We have to be ready not only for a straightforward test of strength, but also for a struggle in which every strategy comes into play.
- 金科玉条☆【きんかぎょくじょう】
noun:
- golden rule (basic principle ensuring success in some activity) - four character idiom ➜ 黄金律
社員は皆社長の言を金科玉条としている。 The employees treat everything the company president says as a golden rule.
- 群雄割拠☆【ぐんゆうかっきょ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field - four character idiom
- 言語道断☆【ごんごどうだん】言語道斷old・言語同断irr. Inflection
adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
- outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable - four character idiom
それは出来ない相談だな。油物してる時に、火の傍から離れるのは言語道断だ。 I'm afraid I can't do that. Leaving the cooker while frying is completely out of the question.
- 五分五分☆【ごぶごぶ】5分5分
noun / ~の noun:
- as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie - four character idiom
鯨が今世紀の終わりに死に絶える可能性は五分五分である。 As likely as not, whales will be extinct by the end of this century.
- 後生大事☆【ごしょうだいじ】
noun:
- with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of - four character idiom
- 公明正大☆【こうめいせいだい】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- fairness; just and upright; aboveboard - four character idiom
- 綱紀粛正☆【こうきしゅくせい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials - four character idiom
- 荒唐無稽☆【こうとうむけい】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- absurdity; nonsense; preposterous - four character idiom
荒唐無稽と皆に言われた彼のビジネスプランだけど、今となっては我々の不明を恥じるしかないのかね。 Every one of us who ridiculed his business plan as a bunch of hokum should be embarrassed we did.
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