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懲戒免職【ちょうかいめんしょくchoukaimenshoku】

noun:

  • disciplinary dismissal (discharge) - four character idiom
田夫野人【でんぷやじんdenpuyajin】

noun:

  • rustic; boor; hick - four character idiom
度が過ぎる・度がすぎる【どがすぎるdogasugiru】ドが過ぎる【ドがすぎるDOgasugiru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far - idiom
縁の下の力持ち【えんのしたのちからもちennoshitanochikaramochi】

noun:

  • unsung hero; person who does a thankless task - idiom

彼kareはha縁の下の力持ちennoshitanochikaramochiだda。 He is an unsung hero.

破廉恥罪【はれんちざいharenchizai】

noun:

  • infamous crime or offense (offence) - four character idiom
骨が折れる【ほねがおれるhonegaoreru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard - idiom
一目置く【いちもくおくichimokuoku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority - from the weaker player in a game of go being allowed to place an extra stone as a handicap - idiom
口を拭う【くちをぬぐうkuchiwonuguu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to feign innocence; to feign ignorance - from wiping one's mouth and feigning innocence after sneaking a bite of food - idiom
  • to wipe one's mouth
四角四面【しかくしめんshikakushimen】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

  • square; formal - four character idiom
各人各様【かくじんかくようkakujinkakuyou】

expression / noun / ~の noun:

  • different strokes for different folks; people doing something in their own way - four character idiom

各人各様kakujinkakuyouのno物事monogotoのnoやり方yarikataがgaあるaru。 Each person has his own way of doing things.

兄たり難く弟たり難し【けいたりがたくていたりがたしkeitarigatakuteitarigatashi】

expression:

  • there is little to choose between the two; they're both about the same - idiom
背筋が寒くなる【せすじがさむくなるsesujigasamukunaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to feel a chill run down one's spine - idiom
越境入学【えっきょうにゅうがくekkyounyuugaku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • gaining admission into a school in a school district other than one's own - four character idiom
滅私奉公【めっしほうこうmesshihoukou・めっしぼうこうmesshiboukouirr.】

noun:

  • selfless devotion - four character idiom

現在genzaiはha、滅私奉公messhihoukouではなくdehanaku、滅metsu公ooyake奉tatematsu私watashiのno時代jidaiだdaとto言われていますiwareteimasu。 In the old days people valued selflessness. But this generation seems to make a virtue out of selfishness.

名誉毀損【めいよきそんmeiyokison】名誉棄損・名誉き損

noun / ~の noun:

  • libel; defamation; slander; character assassination - four character idiom

そのsono女優joyuuはha雑誌zasshiをwo名誉き損meiyokisonでde訴えたuttaeta。 The actress sued the magazine for libel.

証拠隠滅【しょうこいんめつshoukoinmetsu】

noun:

  • destruction of evidence - four character idiom

証拠隠滅shoukoinmetsuどーdouすんsunのnoよyo！普通futsuuはha警察keisatsuにni連絡renrakuするsuruもんmonでしょっdesho。 What does destroying evidence get you? The usual thing would be to contact the police, wouldn't it?

完全無欠【かんぜんむけつkanzenmuketsu】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

  • flawless; absolute perfection - four character idiom
伴食大臣【ばんしょくだいじんbanshokudaijin】

noun:

  • nominal (figurehead) minister; titular minister - four character idiom
最後通牒【さいごつうちょうsaigotsuuchou】

noun:

  • ultimatum - four character idiom
相思相愛【そうしそうあいsoushisouai】

noun:

  • mutual love - four character idiom

やっぱりyappari片思いkataomoiじゃjaなくnakuてte、相思相愛soushisouaiにniなりnariたいtaiよyo。 I don't like unrequited love; I want our love to be mutual.

多情多恨【たじょうたこんtajoutakon】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • going through life with one's heart on one's sleeve; sensibility - four character idiom
音信不通【おんしんふつうonshinfutsuu・いんしんふつうinshinfutsuu】

noun:

  • break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with - four character idiom

４年nen以上ijouもmo音信不通onshinfutsuuだったdattaんnだdaよyo。 I haven't heard a word from them in over four years.

大安吉日【たいあんきちじつtaiankichijitsu・たいあんきちにちtaiankichinichi】

noun:

  • very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar) - four character idiom
尊皇攘夷【そんのうじょういsonnoujoui】尊王攘夷

noun:

  • revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan) - four character idiom
粗製乱造【そせいらんぞうsoseiranzou】粗製濫造

noun:

  • mass production of inferior goods - four character idiom
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