List: yojijukugo

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• trying to reach above one's station and failing, trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing, monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• showing unyielding diligence in one's studies, wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying

yojijukugo  Buddhism  expression 

• casting away one's vices or worldly desires and achieving enlightenment

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• winning favor or influence using someone else's property, plagiarism, presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers

yojijukugo  expression  noun  noun (generic) 

• one's mite, widow's mite, one lantern from a poor man (i.e. no-one can give more than the only thing they have)

yojijukugo  rare term  expression 

• the coolness of early autumn is suitable for reading

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)

yojijukugo  たる adjective  adjective (generic)  adverb taking the と particle 

• aspiring, ambitious

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• controlling foreigners by foreigners, playing one barbarian state against another