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.
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
yojijukugo Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- a Buddha or Bodhisattva taking away suffering and conferring peace
yojijukugo Buddhism expression
- the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
rare term yojijukugo expression
- the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping)
yojijukugo Buddhism expression
- the law of arising and ceasing, the law of creation and destruction
yojijukugo Buddhism expression
- going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana
yojijukugo expression noun noun (generic)
- withered trees and frozen rocks, a person that is hard to approach