A yojijukugo (Japanese: 四字熟語) is a Japanese lexeme consisting of four kanji (Chinese characters). English translations of yojijukugo include "four-character...

an idiomatic phrase (慣用句, kan'yōku), or a four-character idiom (四字熟語, yojijukugo). Although "proverb" and "saying" are practically synonymous, the same...

temples from Shinto shrines, which were originally amalgamated. It is a yojijukugo phrase. Until the end of the Edo period, in 1868, Shinto and Buddhism...

slogan sonnō jōi ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians"). It is a yojijukugo phrase, originally from the ancient Chinese historical work on the Warring...

e], lit. "one time, one meeting") is a Japanese four-character idiom (yojijukugo) that describes a cultural concept of treasuring the unrepeatable nature...

Sonnō jōi (尊王攘夷, Revere the Emperor, expel the barbarians) was a yojijukugo (four-character compound) phrase used as the rallying cry and slogan of a political...

proverb/phrase (a chengyu and spread in other languages in East Asia like in yojijukugo), meaning something that can be seen but not touched, like a flower reflected...

are four-character idioms, the analog of Chinese chengyu and Japanese yojijukugo, and generally but not always of Chinese origin. They have analogous categorization...

four-character idioms Sajaseong-eo: Korean form of four-character idioms Yojijukugo: Japanese form of four-character idioms Mantra: a religious, mystical...

like fire, be immovable like a mountain. The four-character version (yojijukugo) appears to be a later invention. Historian Masaya Suzuki, citing the...

13-days short reign of Mitsuhide is listed as the inspiration for the yojijukugo set phrase mikkatenka (三日天下, short-lived reign). He is still popular in...

subdivided at will. Sajaseong-eo, a Korean lexeme consisting of four hanja Yojijukugo, a Japanese lexeme consisting of four kanji This disambiguation page lists...

two tigers fight Mirror Flower, Water Moon Yojijukugo is the similar format in Japanese. The term yojijukugo (四字熟語, four character idiom) is autological...

Japanese language Romanization of Japanese Hepburn romanization Rendaku Yojijukugo Other: History of writing in Vietnam Book of Song...

the equivalent idiom in English. Another example would be the Japanese yojijukugo 一石二鳥 (isseki ni chō), which is translated as "one stone, two birds". This...

Shunkashūtō (春夏秋冬, lit. "spring summer autumn winter") is a Japanese yojijukugo word meaning the four seasons of a year. It may also refer to: Shunkashūtō...

generally read using on'yomi, especially for four-character compounds (yojijukugo). Though again, exceptions abound, for example, 情報 jōhō "information"...

English-language idioms In languages other than English: Chengyu Sajaseong-eo Yojijukugo Cowie, A.P. (ed.) (1998). Phraseology: Theory, Analysis, and Applications...

Games 20081020081017October 17, 2008 (PAL) Nandoku Kanji DS: Nandoku - Yojijukugo - Koji Kotowaza Spike Spike 20080620080606June 6, 2008 (JP) Nazotte Oboeru...

A passage which is popular in Japan is the four-character expression (yojijukugo) "the prosperous inevitably decline" (盛者必衰, jōshahissui), which in full...

Japanese language name Gatōmūbu (我闘雲舞, "I, War, Cloud, Dance") written as a yojijukugo, is derived from the Japanese expression "We want to dance above the clouds"...

texts, and the forced return to secular life of Buddhist monks. It is a yojijukugo phrase. An early example of haibutsu kishaku is the Mononobe clan's anti-Buddhist...

have a negative connotation of bastardization and randomness. It is a yojijukugo phrase. There is no agreement among specialists as to the exact extent...

The term honji suijaku itself is an example of the Japanese practice of Yojijukugo, a four-character combination of phrases which can be read literally or...

Yuzuha Hongou, Mao Mita, Rina Yamao, Ayaka Yamamoto, Sayaka Yamamoto "Yojijukugo Girls" was performed by Team M members, consisting of: Team M: Ishida...

communication through unspoken mutual understanding. The four-character compound (yojijukugo) in Japanese, 以心伝心 (lit. "by means of heart, transmitting heart"), is...

group Steady & Co.; released in 2001. The name comes from a Japanese yojijukugo term that means "spring, summer, autumn, and winter". "Shun-Ka-Shū-Tō"...

in her twenties. 30 years-old. Raised out of Japan, so she is bad at yojijukugo, but very proud of her math and English abilities. Black straight hair...

Shibusawa unit. The game's chosen subtitle in Japan was "Fūkasetsugetsu", a yojijukugo of the four seasons to represent the narrative's four branching paths...

or complex, is not relevant to whether it is "compoundified" or not. A yojijukugo such as 世代交代 (sedai-kōtai "change of generation") may be treated as "compoundified...