Japanese Characters

Shown in this section are Yoji-jukugo
(exprssions made up of 4 Japanese characters joined together.)

#1 iki-togo

spirits joining

to hit it off with someone, to see eye to eye with someone, to be like-minded, to be kindred spirits,to get on like a house afire, to be on the same wavelength, find a kindred spirit in someone

#2 eiko-seisui

flourish and wither

the rise and fall of human affairs, ups and downs of life, fortune's wheel, transmutations of fortune, vicissitude

#3 shiko-sakugo

trial undertaking, confused failure

trial and error

#4 isshin-dotai

one heart, the same body

of one heart and mind, one and the same, to become one with, act with one heart and mind, alteregoism ***used to express closeness to one another

#5 kido-airaku

happiness, anger, sadness, pleasure

the gamut of human emotions

#6 haran-banjo

small waves and big waves rise 10,000 feet

eventful, full of ups and downs, checkered

#7 taizen-jijaku

calm and composed

calm and collected manner, with great presense of mind, imperturbable, as cool as a cucumber,with perfect composure

#8 tenka-ippin

only one under the sky

be unrivalled, second to none, be tops, out of this world

#9 ikkaku-senkin

with one grab get a thousand pieces of gold

making a fortune at one stroke, a bonanza, to get rich quick, to hit the jackpot, fast money, get-rich-quick

#10 kanzen-muketsu

perfect, flawless

absolute perfection, faultless, flawless, absoluteness, impeccability, no faults

#11 sessa-takuma

cut, plane, fashion, and polish

to strive to improve oneself intellectually or morally, to strive together with others to improve, work hard together,be in friendly rivalry, apply oneself (closely) to

#12 senkyaku-banrai

a thousand customers coming ten thousand times

to have one visitor after another, to have an interminable succession of visitors.

#13 ichinen-hokki

arouse the single mind

to make up one's mind to do something set out to do something with great determination

#14 hinko-hosei

exemplary behavior

good conduct, high morals, upstanding character, correctness, good behavior, of high morals, be strict in one's morals, wear a hat, be on the straight (and narrow), follow the straight and narrow (path), well-conducted, person of good conduct, person of moral purity, upright person, straight and narrow

#15 fugen-jikko

silent action

action speaks louder than words

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