四字熟語
漢字4字でひとまとまりの意味を表す言葉です。よく使うものから順に並べています。
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- 乱臣賊子らんしんぞくし不忠不孝の者を指す語。「乱臣」は「国を乱す臣」、「賊子」は「不孝の子」の意。rebels against one's lord and one's parents, rebellious (treacherous) subject, traitor
- 李下瓜田りかかでん人などに疑われるようなことはするなということ。be careful not to invite the least suspicion, leave no room for scandal
- 六韜三略りくとうさんりゃくThe Six Secret Teachings and The Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (two ancient Chinese military treatises), secrets (of the art of war, etc.), mysteries
- 戮力協心りくりょくきょうしんcombined (concerted) efforts, solidarity, joining forces (with)
- 柳暗花明りゅうあんかめいbeautiful scenery of spring, red-light district
- 柳巷花街りゅうこうかがい色町のこと。花街柳巷とも。red-light district, pleasure quarter
- 柳緑花紅りゅうりょくかこうred blossoms and green willows, beautiful scenery of spring, natural beauty, beauty of nature
- 流連荒亡りゅうれんこうぼう遊興や狩猟、飲酒などに耽ること。「流連」も「荒亡」も「遊興に耽ること」の意。spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home, being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
- 良知良能りょうちりょうのうone's innate intelligence and ability
- 励声一番れいせいいちばんgiving cries of encouragement at a critical moment
- 励声叱咤れいせいしったcries of encouragement, shouting encouragement
- 冷静沈着れいせいちんちゃくcalm, cool, and collected, level and calm
- 連帯責任れんたいせきにんcollective responsibility, joint liability
- 六道輪廻ろくどうりんね生けるものは、六道の下で生死を繰り返すということ。endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
- 和敬清寂わけいせいじゃくharmony, respect, purity and tranquility, the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
- 和衷協同わちゅうきょうどうharmonious cooperation, close cooperation
- 腕白小僧わんぱくこぞうnaughty boy, mischievous boy, little rascal, brat
- 盗人上戸ぬすびとじょうご甘味も酒も好む人。また、大酒しても酔いの回らない人。person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well, person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy
- 一世一元いっせいいちげんthe practice of assigning one era name to one emperor
- 一粒万倍いちりゅうまんばい一つの良い行いから、多くの利益を得る事。転じて、僅かなものでも粗末にしてはいけないという意味。a single seed can eventually produce a great harvest, even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit, watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves
- 御用繁多ごようはんたbeing busy with many things, extreme busyness due to pressure of business
- 三者三様さんしゃさんよう複数の人がいれば考え方ややり方は人それぞれ違うこと。everybody is different, to each their own, three different people, three different styles
- 四神相応しじんそうおうan ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
- 士気阻喪しきそそうdemoralization, collapse of morale, one's morale being shaken
- 市井無頼しせいぶらいurban villain, street hoodlum
- 七珍万宝しっちんまんぽうthe seven treasures and many other precious things, all the treasures in the world
- 無明長夜むみょうじょうやthe long night of spiritual darkness
- 匍匐前進ほふくぜんしんcrawling forward (on one's stomach)
- 一暴十寒いちばくじっかん少しの間努力しても、長い間怠れば、物事は成功しないということ。bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness, strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail
- 鼻先思案はなさきじあんsuperficial (shortsighted) way of thinking, half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea
- 喉元思案のどもとじあん非常に浅はかな考え。superficial way of thinking, shortsighted thinking, shallow idea
- 一目十行いちもくじゅうぎょうひとめで十行の文を一度に読めること。outstanding reading ability
- 一文不通いちもんふつうtotal illiteracy
- 一切皆空いっさいかいくうmatter is void, all is vanity
- 一擲千金いってきせんきん千金を一擲すること。惜しげなく金銭を使うこと。being lavish with one's money, spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat
- 雲煙飛動うんえんひどうflying clouds and drifting haze, magnificent calligraphy, vivid penmanship
- 下学上達かがくじょうたつbeginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning
- 歓天喜地かんてんきちgreat joy, jubilation, exultation
- 頑冥不霊がんめいふれいstubborn and ignorant
- 恐恐謹言きょうきょうきんげんvery truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)
- 金枝玉葉きんしぎょくようmember of the Imperial family, royalty, beautiful clouds
- 月下老人げっかろうじんgo-between, matchmaker
- 採長補短さいちょうほたんcompensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points
- 十死一生じっしいっしょうnarrow escape from the jaws of death, cheating death, there being barely a chance of escaping death, life-threatening danger
- 杓子果報しゃくしかほうcoming by ample servings of delicious food, being blessed with good fortune
- 朱唇皓歯しゅしんこうしred lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)
- 春花秋月しゅんかしゅうげつspring flowers and the autumn moon, beauty of nature as it changes from season to season
- 常住不断じょうじゅうふだんいつまでも変わらず残り続けること。ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted
- 常住不滅じょうじゅうふめついつまでも変わらず残り続けること。everlasting, forever unchanging, undying
- 前言往行ぜんげんおうこうwords and deeds of the people of yore
- 千緒万端せんしょばんたんall sorts of things, all manner of affairs
- 鉄心石腸てっしんせきちょうwill of iron
- 没風流漢ぼつふうりゅうかんprosaic person, person of an unromantic turn of mind, philistine
- 雅俗混交がぞくこんこうmixture of both culture and vulgarism, mixture of both literary and colloquial (language)
- 張三李四ちょうさんりし市井の人、特にとりえの無い一般の人。the common run of men, the average Joe, good-for-nothing (person)
- 翻然大悟ほんぜんたいごsuddenly seeing the light, it suddenly dawning upon one
- 産学協同さんがくきょうどうindustry-university cooperation
- 教外別伝きょうげべつでん禅宗で文字など表に表されたものでなく仏の真理を直接心から心へと伝えること。Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment, spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters, spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind
- 只管打坐しかんたざ余念をまじえず、ただひたすらに坐禅をすること。曹洞宗の坐禅の特色。shikantaza
- 失意泰然しついたいぜんkeeping calm and collected at times of disappointment, maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity