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故事来歴【こじらいれきkojiraireki】古事来歴irr.

noun:

  • origin and history; particulars - four character idiom

彼kareはhaやたらにyatarani故事来歴kojirairekiにni詳しいkuwashiiけれどkeredo、それsoreがga人生jinseiのno役に立っているyakunitatteiruのnoかkaはなはだhanahada疑問gimonだdaねne。 He has a great storehouse of knowledge about historical details but I seriously doubt that's of any use in life.

さばを読む【さばをよむsabawoyomu】鯖を読む Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age - idiom
三々九度【さんさんくどsansankudo】三三九度

noun:

  • three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups - four character idiom
主客転倒【しゅかくてんとうshukakutentou・しゅきゃくてんとうshukyakutentou】主客顛倒 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end - four character idiom
事々物々【じじぶつぶつjijibutsubutsu】事事物物

noun:

  • everything; every affair (matter); all things - four character idiom
人跡未到【じんせきみとうjinsekimitou】人跡未踏

noun / ~の noun:

  • unexplored - four character idiom
正々堂々【せいせいどうどうseiseidoudou】正正堂堂 Inflection

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • fair and square; open and aboveboard - four character idiom

勝ってkatteもmo負けてmaketeもmo、正々堂々seiseidoudouプレイPUREIしshiなさいnasai。 Whether you win or lose, you must play fair.

浅学非才【せんがくひさいsengakuhisai】浅学菲才

noun:

  • one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability - four character idiom

浅学非才sengakuhisaiのno私watashiではありますdehaarimasuがga、何とぞnanitozo皆様minasamaのnoおo力力をwo賜りtamawariたくtaku、ここkokoにniお願い申し上げるonegaimoushiageru次第shidaiですdesu。 I may not have much to offer in the way of learning or ability, but I want to do whatever I can for us all and humbly ask for your favor.

千編一律【せんぺんいちりつsenpen'ichiritsu】千篇一律 Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

  • monotonous; humdrum; stereotyped; banal; dull - four character idiom
是々非々【ぜぜひひzezehihi】是是非非

noun:

  • free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade - four character idiom

今までimamadeはha「なーnaaなーnaa」でde付き合ってtsukiatteきたkitaけれどkeredo、今後kongoはha是々非々zezehihiのno立場tachibaでde付き合うtsukiauよyo。 Up to now we've been taking a casual relaxed attitude toward our relationship but I want to start looking at us more critically.

直接簡明【ちょくせつかんめいchokusetsukanmei】直截簡明

noun:

  • simple and plain; staightforward - four character idiom
二足三文【にそくさんもんnisokusanmon】二束三文

noun / ~の noun:

  • dirt cheap; very cheap - four character idiom

そんなsonna物monoをwo売ってutteもmo二束三文nisokusanmonにniしかshikaならないnaranai。 That would bring only a small price.

年年歳歳【ねんねんさいさいnennensaisai】年々歳々

adverb / noun:

  • annually; every year; year in year out; from year to year - four character idiom
不審尋問【ふしんじんもんfushinjinmon】不審訊問old Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • police questioning (of a suspicious person) - four character idiom
抱腹絶倒【ほうふくぜっとうhoufukuzettou】捧腹絶倒 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • very funny; laugh oneself into convulsions; split one's sides laughing - four character idiom

彼のkarenoドジDOJI話banashiをwo聞いてkiite、皆mina、抱腹絶倒houfukuzettouしたshita。 He had everyone howling with his stories of all his past bloopers.

行住坐臥【ぎょうじゅうざがgyoujuuzaga】行住座臥irr.

noun:

  • daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly; the four cardinal behaviors - walking, standing, sitting and lying [literal] - four character idiom
玉に瑕【たまにきずtamanikizu】玉にキズ【たまにキズtamaniKIZU】玉にきず・珠に瑕・玉に疵・珠に疵・珠にきず【たまにきずtamanikizu】

expression / noun:

  • fly in the ointment - idiom

手八丁口八丁te八choukuchihatchouのno彼kareだdaけどkedo、誠makotoがgaないnaiのnoがga玉に疵tamanikizuだdaねne。 He works fast and is very articulate but his insincerity is his biggest defect.

七転八倒【しちてんばっとうshichitenbattou・しってんばっとうshittenbattou】七顛八倒 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony - four character idiom
人畜無害【じんちくむがいjinchikumugai】 Inflection

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

  • harmless to humans and animals - four character idiom
  • having no influence; unimportant; insignificant; harmless - four character idiom
広大無辺【こうだいむへんkoudaimuhen】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

  • boundless; infinite; vast - four character idiom
鯨飲馬食【げいいんばしょくgeiinbashoku】 Inflection

expression / noun / ~する noun:

  • drinking like a fish and eat like a horse; eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor - four character idiom
牛飲馬食【ぎゅういんばしょくgyuuinbashoku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse - four character idiom
上意下達【じょういかたつjouikatatsu・じょういげだつjouigedatsuirr.】

noun / ~の noun:

  • conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system) - four character idiom
袖手傍観【しゅうしゅぼうかんshuushuboukan】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker - four character idiom
右顧左眄【うこさべんukosaben】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think; hesitation; wavering; vacillation - four character idiom
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