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.
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb Buddhism
- being in dire distress, being hard put to it, being hard pressed (for money)
- the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- antinomy, self-contradiction, either-or situation, choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- bad example from which one can learn, good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave), negative example
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- bitter enemies in the same boat, rivals finding themselves together by chance
popular yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- absurd, nonsensical, preposterous
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- getting rich quick, making a killing, making a fortune at a single stroke
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- acting arbitrarily on one's own authority, acting arbitrarily without consultation
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- fighting alone
irregular reading search-only kanji form yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- lavish feast, splendid banquet
- corporate largess, lavish hospitality