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 expression
- look carefully where your own footsteps fall, seek enlightenment by knowing yourself and not by watching others, know thyself
yojijukugo expression
- superficially cordial but actually uninterested
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- miswriting a word, using the wrong kanji to write a word
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- dapple gray (horse coat color), dapple grey
yojijukugo Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- unlikely event, rare occurrence
yojijukugo expression
- When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
archaic yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- sun and moon
yojijukugo Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple)
yojijukugo expression
- with a gentle face and a nice word
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- bureaucrats entertaining bureaucrats using public funds