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)
- deep design and forethought, farsighted and deeply-laid plan
rare term yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- health and longevity, enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- anguish, agony
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- clearing one's name, redeeming oneself, restoring one's honor
yojijukugo expression
- invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy, Confusion to the enemy!
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- street gossips and idle rumors, hearsay
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- totally useless (fruitless) effort, wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) adverb
- since the beginning of the world, since the dawn of history