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) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- diplomatic turn of phrase, diplomatic language, tactful way of expressing something
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- a wife should do her husband's bidding
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- leading player, prima donna, box-office star
- best item one has (to show), one's sole Sunday best, one's single area of expertise
popular ateji JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone yojijukugo ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial adverb
- nonsensical, unreasonable, absurd, unrealistic
- awfully, extremely, to excess, senseless, reckless
- disorder, confusion, being jumbled, being mixed up
- very, extremely, excessively
popular ateji usually written using kana alone yojijukugo ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb
- disorderly, messy, ruined
- absurd, unreasonable, excessive, rash
- very, extremely
popular yojijukugo adverb
- unconsciously, unwittingly, unawares
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- men and women of all ages
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- public order and morals, social standards, public policy
search-only kanji form yojijukugo noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective noun noun (generic)
- stormy and full of drama, full of ups and downs, with many vicissitudes
yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- agonizing cries, pandemonium, two of Buddhism's hells