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)
- rich and poor, high and low, people of all ranks
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor
yojijukugo expression
- riches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds, fortune and fame are here today, gone tomorrow
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- getting frightened even by a slight noise, hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles, being afraid of one's own shadow
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- manners and customs, customs and habits
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy
yojijukugo expression
- the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku, haiku is both fluid and transitory, and eternal and immutable, an interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- free and independent
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of), swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of)
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- indefatigability, indomitableness, with unremitting tenacity