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)
- deregulation, removal (easing) of (official) restrictions, relaxation of regulations
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- maintaining the status quo
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) mahjong
- distinguished person
- thirteen orphans, winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- self-justification, excuse
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- self-satisfaction, (self-)complacency, smugness
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- self-contradiction, paradox, antinomy
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- elect (select) few
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- abuse of authority, abuse of public office, misfeasance
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law), one's kith and kin
rarely used kanji form yojijukugo biology noun noun (generic)
- alternation of generations, heterogenesis
- change of generations, emergence of a new generation