List: yojijukugo
Words consisting of four kanji characters having a particular meaning that cannot be inferred from the meanings of the components that make them up.
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- treacherous friend, snake in one's bosom, treacherous insider
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple
yojijukugo expression
- at age forty, one has no doubts
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- unprecedented in history, unheard-of, epoch-making
yojijukugo expression
- the time has come (for, to, when...), the time being ripe (for)
yojijukugo ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- jealousy and enmity, being jealous of and at odds with (each other)
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- (practice of) simplicity and frugality, scrimping and saving
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- the recovery of lost territory, recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position), fence-mending
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- struggling through wind and rain, undergoing hardships