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.
rare term yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- simple food and drink, being content with a frugal life, a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink
yojijukugo rare term noun noun (generic)
- receiving with food and drink (e.g. troops), baskets of rice and vessels of congee
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- narrow partisanship
yojijukugo rare term noun noun (generic)
- delighting in the misfortune of others
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- being a good son and a loyal subject, possessing loyalty and filial piety
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- being neglected by the world, being denied one's deserved recognition and status
yojijukugo rare term noun noun (generic)
- round peg in a square hole
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life)
yojijukugo Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- intensive zazen meditation on a subject, knocking all into one
yojijukugo Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- most formal form of a prayer