Four-character idioms

Set phrases made of four kanji (yojijukugo), listed by how common they are.

• Four-character idioms
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• 古今独歩ここんどっぽunmatched in history, unequaled in history
• 古今無双ここんむそうunparalleled in history
• 孤城落日こじょうらくじつfeeling (looking) lone and helpless, helplessness of those in reduced circumstances孤立無援の城と西に沈む夕日。頼りなく心細いさまのたとえ。
• 孤立無援こりつむえんisolated and helpless, alone and unassisted一人ぼっちで助けが無いこと。
• 狐狸妖怪こりようかいtricksters, deceivers, fey creatures, monsters
• 五風十雨ごふうじゅううseasonable rains and winds, halcyon weather, halcyon times of peace
• 好機到来こうきとうらいadvent of a golden opportunity
• 巧遅拙速こうちせっそくbetter being rough and ready than slow and elaborate, better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent
• 紅灯緑酒こうとうりょくしゅ(nights of) fun, food, and drink, bright-light district, nightlife district
• 紅毛碧眼こうもうへきがんred-haired and blue-eyed (person), a Westerner
• 高論卓説こうろんたくせつan excellent opinion, an insightful view
• 骨肉相食こつにくそうしょくblood feud, domestic discord
• 困苦欠乏こんくけつぼうhardships and privations
• 懇切丁寧こんせつていねいkind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.), thoughtful and scrupulous細かなところまで気配りが行き届いて親切なこと。
• 才子佳人さいしかじんtalented man and a beautiful woman, well-matched pair, wit and beauty優れた男女。
• 三界流転さんがいるてんendless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences
• 山川草木さんせんそうもくnature, natural sceneryあらゆる自然。
• 残忍酷薄ざんにんこくはくcruel, heartless, brutal, atrocious
• 残念無念ざんねんむねんdeep regret, bitter disappointment, chagrin, vexation
• 四海兄弟しかいけいていpeople in the whole world being all brothers, universal brotherhood世界の人々が兄弟のように親しく付き合うべきであるということ。
• 志操堅固しそうけんごbeing faithful to one's principles, being of firm purpose and deep commitment, constancy, true blue
• 思慮分別しりょふんべつdiscreet and well-advised judgment, wise and mature judgment, making judgment with prudence注意深く物事の道理や善悪などを判断すること。
• 死屍累々ししるいるいheaps of corpses all around
• 死中求活しちゅうきゅうかつfinding a way out of a potentially fatal situation, seeking a way out of a desperate situation
• 私利私欲しりしよくself-interest, selfish desire, greed自分だけの利益を第一のこととし、それを満足させようという心。
• 詩歌管弦しいかかんげんChinese and Japanese poetry and instrumental music, poetry and music, literature and music
• 雌伏雄飛しふくゆうひbiding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish
• 事理明白じりめいはくfacts being beyond dispute, logic being indisputable
• 治乱興亡ちらんこうぼうnation's times of peace and war, rise and fall
• 自家薬籠じかやくろう(something that is) available for use at any time, (someone who is) at one's beck and call, (something over which) one has complete mastery
• 自己韜晦じことうかいconcealing one's talents, position, status, intentions, etc.
• 自由奔放じゆうほんぽうfree and uncontrolled, behaving with abandon, freewheeling回りを気にせず気ままに振る舞うこと。
• 自由闊達じゆうかったつfree and easy, open and natural, not fastidious
• 自力更生じりきこうせいworking out one's salvation by own efforts, rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts, rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help他人の力を頼らず自らの力で立ち直ること。
• 叱咤激励しったげきれいgiving a loud pep talk, encouraging (someone) strongly in a loud voice
• 衆生済度しゅじょうさいどenlightenment of the masses, leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism)仏や菩薩が迷いに苦しむ衆生を救済し、悟りの境地に渡らせること。
• 襲名披露しゅうめいひろうannouncing the succession to another's stage name
• 熟思黙想じゅくしもくそうconsidering (a matter) carefully and silently, being lost in silent contemplation
• 熟読玩味じゅくどくがんみreading carefully with appreciation
• 春宵一刻しゅんしょういっこくa moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)
• 春日遅々しゅんじつちちlong and balmy (of a spring day)
• 小国寡民しょうこくかみんsmall country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state)
• 小人閑居しょうじんかんきょa small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil)
• 焦心苦慮しょうしんくりょworrying oneself (about), being anxious (about), fidgeting (about)
• 硝煙弾雨しょうえんだんうsmoke of powder and hail of bullets, (in) the thick of the raging battle硝煙が漂い、弾丸が雨が降るように飛び交うような激しい戦闘のこと。
• 常住坐臥じょうじゅうざがat all times, day in, day out, constantly, always座っていても寝ていても。普段。
• 心猿意馬しんえんいば(being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions
• 心願成就しんがんじょうじゅearnest prayers being answered, realization of one's earnest wishes
• 慎重居士しんちょうこじvery cautious person, very prudent person, very discreet person
• 深慮遠謀しんりょえんぼうdeep design and forethought, a farsighted and deeply laid plan遠い先まで見通し、周到に計画すること。深謀遠慮。
• 身体髪膚しんたいはっぷentire human body, every inch of one's body全身。体は勿論、髪の毛一本、皮膚のかけらにいたるまで。
• 進取果敢しんしゅかかんenterprising and daring, boldly forward-looking
• 人心一新じんしんいっしんcomplete change in public sentiment, leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel
• 人心収攬じんしんしゅうらんwinning the hearts of the people, capturing public sentiment
• 人生行路じんせいこうろjourney of life
• 人品骨柄じんぴんこつがらpersonal appearance and physique, person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character
• 迅速果断じんそくかだんquick and decisive, fast and daring
• 酔眼朦朧すいがんもうろう(with) one's eyes blurred from drinking, with drunken eyes, dazed by wine
• 寸進尺退すんしんしゃくたいone step forward, many steps backward, little to gain and much to lose
• 寸善尺魔すんぜんしゃくまin evil, there is odds, there is more evil than good in this world, one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen