Four-character idioms

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

• Four-character idioms
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• 破顔大笑はがんたいしょうbreaking into a hearty laugh
• 罵詈讒謗ばりざんぼうreviling, vilification, abusive language, lashing someone using abusive language悪口を多用し、酷く罵る。
• 馬鹿慇懃ばかいんぎんoverdone politeness, polite to a fault, feigned politeness
• 杯盤狼藉はいばんろうぜきglasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet, articles lying about in a jumble酒宴の終了後、酒器などが席に散乱しているさま。
• 博聞強記はくぶんきょうきbeing widely read and having a highly retentive memory
• 伴食宰相ばんしょくさいしょうincompetent cabinet minister, figurehead minister
• 半知半解はんちはんかいsuperficial knowledge, half knowledge
• 反間苦肉はんかんくにくstratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot
• 版籍奉還はんせきほうかんreturn of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor
• 非難轟々ひなんごうごうloud criticism, torrent of criticism, fierce denouncement (from many people), uproarious outcry
• 飛耳長目ひじちょうもくsharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide, having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information, being well-versed on a subject, books which broaden our knowledge
• 美酒佳肴びしゅかこうfine wines and prized delicacies
• 美人薄命びじんはくめいbeauty and fortune seldom go together, the beautiful die young美しい人は、短命あるいは不幸であるという意味。昔は病弱であったり、数奇な運命にもてあそばれたりして、短命であったり不幸であったりする人が多かったため、こう言われた。
• 百人百様ひゃくにんひゃくようso many men, so many ways, to each one's own, it takes all sorts to make a world
• 百舌勘定もずかんじょうsplitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount, wheedling the others into paying the whole bill
• 不朽不滅ふきゅうふめつeverlasting, eternal, immortal, imperishableずっと滅びないこと。
• 不惜身命ふしゃくしんみょうdevoting one's body and soul to Buddhist teachings, unsparing devotion to Buddhism
• 不老長寿ふろうちょうじゅperpetual youth and longevityいつまでも年を取ることなく長生きすること。
• 不埒千万ふらちせんばんvery insolent, extremely audacious, reprehensible
• 父子相伝ふしそうでんtransmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son
• 武運長久ぶうんちょうきゅうeverlasting fortune in battle, continued luck in war
• 風俗壊乱ふうぞくかいらんcorruption of public morals, an offense against public morality
• 風流三昧ふうりゅうざんまいtaking delight in elegant pursuits, being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy
• 複雑多岐ふくざつたきcomplex and wide-ranging, labyrinthine
• 複雑多様ふくざつたようcomplex and multifarious
• 物議騒然ぶつぎそうぜんtumultuous public discussion, noisy public criticism
• 焚書坑儒ふんしょこうじゅburning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)紀元前213年頃中国秦の始皇帝が行った主に儒教に対する弾圧。 一般的に言論や思想に対する弾圧。
• 奮励努力ふんれいどりょくmaking strenuous efforts, exerting oneself
• 兵隊勘定へいたいかんじょうDutch treat, going Dutch
• 閉口頓首へいこうとんしゅbeing at a complete loss as to what to do, being at one's wit's end, being at a loss for an answer
• 片言隻句へんげんせきくfew words, single phrase
• 保革伯仲ほかくはくちゅうconservatives and reformists being neck and neck, balanced conservative and progressive strengths
• 暮色蒼然ぼしょくそうぜんdusky, somber light of a gathering dusk
• 放蕩三昧ほうとうざんまいbeing absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures, giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
• 放蕩無頼ほうとうぶらいbeing dissolute and unruly, ruining oneself by leading a fast life
• 豊年満作ほうねんまんさくbumper crops, year of a full rice harvest
• 忙中有閑ぼうちゅうゆうかんhaving free time to spare in the midst of busyness, leisure in the intervals of one's work
• 暴虐非道ぼうぎゃくひどうviolent and cruel, tyrannical and atrocious
• 墨痕淋漓ぼっこんりんりin bold, vivid brush strokes
• 枕流漱石ちんりゅうそうせきsore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong
• 万古不易ばんこふえきeternally unchanging永遠に変わらないこと。
• 万死一生ばんしいっしょうadvancing in the face of death, having a narrow escape from the jaw of death
• 万事万端ばんじばんたんeverything, all things, all affairs, all matters
• 万物流転ばんぶつるてんall things are in a state of flux, everything is constantly changing
• 万緑一紅ばんりょくいっこうone red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation, one item of quality standing out among many, one woman among many men
• 漫言放語まんげんほうごsaying whatever one feels, speaking at random, making careless remarks, rambling talk思慮せず、思うがままに言い散らすこと。
• 無位無官むいむかんhaving no special rank or title
• 無為自然むいしぜんabandoning artifice and just being oneself, doing nothing and taking things as they come, unconditioned nature, unconditioned spontaneity
• 無為無能むいむのうidle and incompetent, accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so, lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time何もしようとしないし、その能力が無いこと。謙遜に用いることもある。
• 無学文盲むがくもんもうignorant and illiterate, uneducated and illiterate, uneducated and illiterate person
• 無病息災むびょうそくさいsound health病気をしなくて健康なこと。
• 矛盾撞着むじゅんどうちゃくself-contradiction二つの事柄の間に齟齬があって、辻褄が合わないこと。
• 名誉挽回めいよばんかいrestoring one's impaired reputation, regaining one's honor, redeeming oneself下がった名誉を元と同等の評判へ回帰しようとすること。
• 明窓浄机めいそうじょうきdustless desk by a well-lit window, well-lit and clean study conducive to learning
• 明朗闊達めいろうかったつupbeat and freehearted, cheerful and magnanimous
• 迷惑千万めいわくせんばんgreat nuisance, extremely annoying, quite embarrassing非常に迷惑なこと。また、そのようなさま。
• 面従後言めんじゅうこうげんpretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back
• 面目一新めんもくいっしんundergoing a complete change in appearance, changing something out of all recognition, a rise in one's reputation
• 面目躍如めんもくやくじょdemonstrative of one's worth, worthy of one's reputation, living up to one's name, characteristically masterful世間に認められいきいきと活躍するさま。 実力が十分に発揮されているさま。
• 孟母三遷もうぼさんせんthe importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning子供のため最善の住環境を整えることの喩え。