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.
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- golden rule (basic principle ensuring success in some activity)
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- trickery, wiles, finesse, Machiavellism
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- natural selection
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone), passing the buck
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- success in life
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- moving about in confusion, going every which way, going this way and that
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- no sleep or rest, working day and night
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- making oneself conspicuous, pressing one's own cause
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- extraterritoriality