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)
- ingenious but pointless trick, artifice for its own sake
yojijukugo expression
- fortune follows the virtuous, calamity befalls the wicked, heaven rewards the good and punishes the evil
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- away from America, toward Asia (as a political policy, etc.)
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- creation out of nothing, making something out of thin air, pure fabrication
- "Creating Something from Nothing" (7th of the Thirty-Six Stratagems), making a non-existent thing appear to exist to deceive an enemy
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- fierce battle, intense combat
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- being narrow-minded due to limited experience, refusing to believe in things outside of one's own limited experience, a summer insect doubts the existence of ice
yojijukugo expression
- compassionate ruthlessness, merciless scalpel of a merciful surgeon, a Buddha's heart and a demon's hand
yojijukugo expression
- the arrogant dragon will have cause to repent, he who reaches the top is bound to fail if he is not prudent
yojijukugo archaic noun noun (generic)
- rise and fall
rare term yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- experience that comes with age