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Yoji jukugo
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Yoji jukugo - Japanese 4 letter proverbs or idiomatic expressions

Here is a list of about 480 yoji jukugo (yojijukugo/四字熟語) sorted by their frequency as ranked by Google. Some words, like 自己紹介 or 四字熟語 itself, that are more descriptive than idimoatic, have been excluded.

More than 1,000,000 hits

RANKING	JUKUGO	READING	EXPLANATION
1 3,190,000	一期一会	いちごいちえ	for this time only, never again, one chance in a lifetime
2 2,970,000	悪戦苦闘	あくせんくとう	hard fighting
3 2,960,000	一石二鳥	いっせきにちょう	killing two birds with one stone
4 2,730,000	半信半疑	はんしんはんぎ	half in doubt, incredulous
5 2,550,000	冠婚葬祭	かんこんそうさい	important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
6 2,480,000	喜怒哀楽	きどあいらく	human emotions (joy, anger, pathos, and humor)
7 2,480,000	中途半端	ちゅうとはんぱ	halfway, half measures, unfinished
8 2,300,000	試行錯誤	しこうさくご	trial and error
9 2,240,000	起死回生	きしかいせい	revival of the dead, recovering from a hopeless situation
10 2,230,000	興味津々	きょうみしんしん	very interesting, of absorbing interest
11 2,200,000	多種多様	たしゅたよう	a great variety ofdiversity
12 2,190,000	老若男女	ろうにゃくなんにょ	men and women of all ages
13 2,140,000	色即是空	しきそくぜくう	Matter is void, all is vanity
14 2,050,000	右往左往	うおうさおう	move about in confusion, go every which way
15 2,040,000	自業自得	じごうじとく	suffering the consequences of one's own actions, reap what you sow
16 1,970,000	一喜一憂	いっきいちゆう	now rejoice now worry, alternate hope and fear
17 1,910,000	三位一体	さんみいったい	the Trinity
18 1,890,000	正真正銘	しょうしんしょうめい	genuine, authentic
19 1,880,000	一目瞭然	いちもくりょうぜん	apparent, obvious, very clear
20 1,870,000	四苦八苦	しくはっく	be in dire distress
21 1,850,000	減価償却	げんかしょうきゃく	depreciation
22 1,780,000	千篇一律	せんぺんいちりつ	humdrum, lack of variety
23 1,770,000	三日坊主	みっかぼうず	one who can stick to nothing
24 1,700,000	前代未聞	ぜんだいみもん	unheard-of, unprecedented, unparalleled in history
25 1,680,000	適材適所	てきざいてきしょ	the right person in the right place
26 1,670,000	臨機応変	りんきおうへん	adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment, playing it by ear
27 1,610,000	閑話休題	かんわきゅうだい	Now let's return to the main subject, "To return from the digression,..." (in a coversation, speech, or story-telling)
28 1,610,000	自画自賛	じがじさん	singing one's own praises, praising one's own wares
29 1,580,000	優柔不断	ゆうじゅうふだん	shilly-shally
30 1,520,000	一朝一夕	いっちょういっせき	in a day, in a brief space of time
31 1,510,000	四面楚歌	しめんそか	be surrounded by enemies on all sides, be betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
32 1,490,000	本末転倒	ほんまつてんとう	failing to properly evaluate the relative importance of, putting the cart before the horse, mistaking the cause for the end, mistaking the insignificant for the essential
33 1,460,000	他力本願	たりきほんがん	relying upon others for attaining one's own objective
34 1,420,000	危機一髪	ききいっぱつ	by a hair's breath, in the nick of time, be touch and go, be a close call
35 1,410,000	温故知新	おんこちしん	developing new ideas based on study of the past, learning from the past
36 1,400,000	紆余曲折	うよきょくせつ	turns and twists, ups and downs, meandering, complications
37 1,370,000	支離滅裂	しりめつれつ	incoherent, inconsistent, illogical
38 1,320,000	自給自足	じきゅうじそく	self-sufficiency
39 1,310,000	切磋琢磨	せっさたくま	cultivate one's character by studying hard
40 1,300,000	花鳥風月	かちょうふうげつ	the beauties of nature
41 1,280,000	問答無用	もんどうむよう	there being no use in arguing about it
42 1,270,000	一攫千金	いっかくせんきん	getting rich quick
43 1,260,000	唯我独尊	ゆいがどくそん	self-conceit, vainglory, Holy am I alone
44 1,260,000	柳暗花明	りゅうあんかめい	春ののどかな風景。また、花街のこと
45 1,250,000	天下一品	てんかいっぴん	best article under heaven, peerless
46 1,220,000	意気投合	いきとうごう	hit it off with a person, find a kindred spirit in a person
47 1,190,000	奇想天外	きそうてんがい	a fantastic idea
48 1,170,000	一所懸命	いっしょけんめい	very hard, with utmost effort, with all one's might
49 1,130,000	誠心誠意	せいしんせいい	in all sincerity, with one's whole heart
50 1,120,000	縦横無尽	じゅうおうむじん	freely, right and left, as one pleases
51 1,100,000	十人十色	じゅうにんといろ	Several men, several minds, everyone has his own ideas and tastes
52 1,070,000	神出鬼没	しんしゅつきぼつ	appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments, elusive, phantom
53 1,070,000	油断大敵	ゆだんたいてき	Unpreparedness is one's greatest enemy, He that is too secure is not safe
54 1,040,000	一部始終	いちぶしじゅう	full particulars, the whole story
55 1,030,000	千差万別	せんさばんべつ	an infinite variety of

More than 500,000 hits

RANKING	JUKUGO	READING	EXPLANATION
56 991,000	諸行無常	しょぎょうむじょう	the impermanence of worldly things, All worldly things are transitory
57 971,000	絶体絶命	ぜったいぜつまい	a desperate situation, be driven into a corner
58 952,000	一知半解	いっちはんかい	superficial knowledge, half knowledge
59 895,000	取捨選択	しゅしゃせんたく	sifting, making a wise choice
60 877,000	天真爛漫	てんしんらんまん	naivete, simplicity, innocence
61 859,000	正々堂々	せいせいどうどう	fair and square, open and aboveboard
62 804,000	威風堂々	いふうどうどう	majestic, pomp and circumstance
63 794,000	四分五裂	しぶんごれつ	be torn asunder, disruption
64 790,000	弱肉強食	じゃくにくきょうしょく	The survival of the fittest, the law of the jungle
65 782,000	一心不乱	いっしんふらん	wholeheartedly, intently, with undivided attention
66 775,000	大義名分	たいぎめいぶん	a just cause
67 773,000	百鬼夜行	ひゃっきやこう	a veritable pandemonium, a large number of people plotting and doing evil
68 765,000	疑心暗鬼	ぎしんあんき	Suspicion will raise bogies, Once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious
69 750,000	疲労困憊	ひろうこんぱい	total exhaustion
70 749,000	意気揚々	いきようよう	triumphant, exultant, in high spirits
71 745,000	唯一無二	ゆいいつむに	one and only, unique
72 743,000	門外不出	もんがいふしゅつ	treasuring something by never taking it off the premises
73 742,000	一念発起	いちねんほっき	be resolved to
74 725,000	四六時中	しろくじちゅう	around the clock, day and night
75 720,000	百花繚乱	ひゃっかりょうらん	many flowers blooming in profusiona gathering of many beautiful women, simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements
76 713,000	抱腹絶倒	ほうふくぜっとう	very funny, laugh oneself into convulsions
77 711,000	一長一短	いっちょういったん	merits & demerits
78 709,000	反面教師	はんめんきょうし	a bad example from which one can learn
79 690,000	森羅万象	しんらばんしょう	all things in nature, the whole creation
80 682,000	二人三脚	ににんさんきゃく	a three-legged race
81 679,000	一進一退	いっしんいったい	now advancing and now retreating, ebb and flow, seesawing
82 670,000	晴耕雨読	せいこううどく	working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather, living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits
83 664,000	東奔西走	とうほんせいそう	busy oneself about something, be on the move
84 662,000	和洋折衷	わようせっちゅう	a blending of Japanese and Western styles
85 658,000	責任転嫁	せきにんてんか	shift the responsibility for something on to someone, pass the buck
86 656,000	無我夢中	むがむちゅう	be absorbed in, lose oneself in
87 653,000	開口一番	かいこういちばん	at the very beginning of one's speech, the first thing one says after opening the mouth
88 651,000	免許皆伝	めんきょかいでん	initiation into the screts (of an art)
89 633,000	一騎当千	いっきとうせん	matchless warrior, mighty player/fighter/combatant
90 632,000	年功序列	ねんこうじょれつ	seniority by length of service
91 631,000	天地無用	てんちむよう	This side up
92 631,000	表裏一体	ひょうりいったい	the two views of an object referring to the same thing, being inseparable like the two sides of an object
93 625,000	荒唐無稽	こうとうむけい	absurdity, nonsense, preposterous
94 622,000	無病息災	むびょうそくさい	病気もしないで健康で暮らすこと。　類：一病息災・無事息災
95 618,000	時代錯誤	じだいさくご	anachronism
96 614,000	一刀両断	いっとうりょうだん	a decisive (drastic) measure, cut the (Gordian) knot
97 614,000	不老不死	ふろうふし	perpetual youth and longevity
98 606,000	以心伝心	いっしんでんしん	telepathy, tacit understanding, communion of mind with mind
99 595,000	波瀾万丈	はらんばんじょう	Stormful ups and downs
100 591,000	不眠不休	ふみんふきゅう	without sleep or rest
101 589,000	意気消沈	いきしょうちん	depressed in spirits
102 583,000	傍若無人	ぼうじゃくぶじん	arrogance, audacity, behaving outrageously as though there were no one around
103 582,000	新進気鋭	しんしんきえい	young and energetic, up-and-coming
104 577,000	和気藹々	わきあいあい	being full of harmony, peace, and happiness
105 576,000	日進月歩	にっしんげっぽ	steady progress, rapid advance
106 574,000	言語道断	ごんごどうだん	outrageous, preposterous, inexcusable, absurd
107 566,000	言行一致	げんこういっち	acting up to one's words
108 564,000	変幻自在	へんげんじざい	phantasmagoric, capable of ever-changing appearance
109 557,000	時期尚早	じきしょうそう	premature
110 555,000	百発百中	ひゃっぱつひゃくちゅう	always hitting the bull's-eye, infallible
111 545,000	二者択一	にしゃたくいつ	alternatively
112 543,000	三寒四温	さんかんしおん	alternation of three cold and four warm days
113 531,000	九死一生	きゅうしいっしょう	a narrow escape from the jaw of death
114 519,000	天変地異	てんぺんちい	a natural disaster, a cataclysm
115 503,000	手前味噌	てまえみそ	self-flattery, sing one's own praises

More than 250,000 hits

RANKING	JUKUGO	READING	EXPLANATION
116 480,000	虎視眈々	こしたんたん	watch vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon
117 476,000	勧善懲悪	かんぜんちょうあく	rewarding good and punishing evil, a novel or drama with a rewarding-good-and- punishing-evil theme
118 471,000	無理難題	むりなんだい	an unreasonable demand
119 467,000	孤軍奮闘	こぐんふんとう	fighting alone
120 463,000	明哲保身	めいてつほしん	賢い人は物事の道理に従って行動し､危険を避けて安全な道を選び身を守るということ。
121 456,000	七転八倒	しちてんばっとう	tossing oneself about in great pain, writhing in agony
122 456,000	順風満帆	じゅんぷうまんぱん	smooth sailing
123 455,000	八方美人	はっぽうびじん	one who is affable to everybody, a flunky
124 452,000	完全無欠	かんぜんむけつ	flawless, absolute perfection
125 448,000	行雲流水	こううんりゅうすい	(metaphorically) floating with the tide
126 431,000	大同小異	だいどうしょうい	essentially the same with only minor differences
127 431,000	猪突猛進	ちょとつもうしん	headlong, foolhardy, reckless
128 430,000	面目躍如	めんぼくやくじょ	評判通りの活躍、評価にふさわしい様子
129 425,000	因果応報	いんがおうほう	retribution, karma
130 419,000	満場一致	まんじょういっち	unanimous
131 418,000	天衣無縫	てんいむほう	perfect beauty with no trace of artifice, flawless
132 403,000	四方八方	しほうはっぽう	in all directions
133 398,000	単刀直入	たんとうちょくにゅう	going right to the point, point-blank, without beating about the bush
134 391,000	泰然自若	たいぜんじじゃく	presence of mind, imperturbability, be calm and self-possessed
135 387,000	朝三暮四	ちょうさんぼし	being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differenes without realizing that there are no differences in substance
136 379,000	質実剛健	しつじつごうけん	unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor
137 377,000	戦々恐々	せんせんきょうきょう	trembling with fear
138 376,000	電光石火	でんこうせっか	lightning speed
139 375,000	一触即発	いっしょくそくはつ	a critical (touch & go) situation, explosive situation
140 372,000	旧態依然	きゅうたいいぜん	remain unchanged from the old state of things, none the better for the change if at all
141 372,000	驚天動地	きょうてんどうち	astounding, startling, world-shaking
142 370,000	難攻不落	なんこうふらく	impregnable
143 362,000	用意周到	よういしゅうとう	thoroughly prepared
144 354,000	才色兼備	さいしょくけんび	A woman being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
145 354,000	事実無根	じじつむこん	groundless, entirely contrary to fact
146 350,000	無味乾燥	むみかんそう	dull and uinteresting, cut-and-dried
147 350,000	暗中模索	あんちゅうもさく	grope in the dark
148 350,000	千客万来	せんきゃくばんらい	a flood of customers, doing a roaring business
149 349,000	二律背反	にりつはいはん	antinomy, self-contradiction
150 346,000	夜郎自大	やろうじだい	throwing one's weight around in a small group without knowing ones' real worth in a larger world outside
151 343,000	酒池肉林	しゅちにくりん	sumptuous feast, debauch
152 342,000	大風呂敷	おおぶろしき	big talk
153 338,000	博学多才	はくがくたさい	wide knowledge and versatile talents
154 335,000	青天白日	せいてんはくじつ	be cleared of all the charge brought against one, be found completely innocent
155 335,000	阿鼻叫喚	あびきょうかん	agonizing cries, a pandemonium
156 326,000	満身創痍	まんしんそうい	having wounds all over one's body
157 323,000	空前絶後	くうぜんぜつご	so marvelous or horrible that it may be the first and probably the last
158 323,000	徹頭徹尾	てっとうてつび	thoroughly, through and through
159 319,000	一網打尽	いちもうだじん	a big haul, roundup, wholesale arrest
160 319,000	器用貧乏	きようびんぼう	Jack of all trades and master of none
161 316,000	百戦錬磨	ひゃくせんれんま	be schooled by adversity in many battles, a veteran
162 309,000	理路整然	りろせいぜん	logical
163 302,000	容姿端麗	ようしたんれい	attractive face and figure
164 294,000	前人未到	ぜんじんみとう	an unexplored region, an untrodden field of study
165 290,000	栄枯盛衰	えいこせいすい	ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of fortune
166 286,000	平穏無事	へいおんぶじ	peaceful and uneventful
167 285,000	厚顔無恥	こうがんむち	brazen and unscrupulous
168 280,000	五里霧中	ごりむちゅう	be totally at a loss, lose one's bearings, be in a maze
169 274,000	大器晩成	たいきばんせい	Great talents mature late
170 270,000	一言居士	いちげんこじ	a person who always has to have his say, a ready critic
171 266,000	津々浦々	つつうらうら	every nook and cranny of the land
172 257,000	馬耳東風	ばじとうふう	utter indifference, talking to the wall, praying to deaf ears

More than 100,000 hits

RANKING	JUKUGO	READING	EXPLANATION
173 244,000	良妻賢母	りゅうさいけんぼ	good wife and wise mother
174 232,000	明鏡止水	めいきょうしすい	clear and serene as a polished mirror and still water
175 230,000	一世一代	いっせいちだい	of one's lifetime, once in a lifetime
176 228,000	異口同音	いくどうおん	in concert, with one voice, unanimously
177 224,000	有象無象	うぞうむぞう	mob, the masses, rabble, riffraff
178 223,000	首尾一貫	しゅびいっかん	consistent
179 223,000	時々刻々	じじこっこく	from one minute to the next, from hour to hour
180 223,000	茫然自失	ぼうぜんじしつ	be stupified, be stunned
181 221,000	群雄割拠	ぐんゆうかっきょ	rivalry of local warlords, a number of powerful talented, influential persons standing by themselves in a given field
182 221,000	誇大妄想	こだいもうそう	megalomania
183 216,000	千載一遇	せんざいいちぐう	a once in a lifetime opportunity, a golden opportunity that may happen only once in a thousand years
184 214,000	初志貫徹	しょしかんてつ	carrying out one's original intention
185 212,000	四通八達	しつうはったつ	traffic network extending in all directions
186 209,000	薄利多売	はくりたばい	small profits and quick returns
187 205,000	意味深長	いみしんちょう	profound often hidden meaning, pregnant with significance
188 204,000	巧言令色	こうげんれいしょく	flattery, honeyed words
189 203,000	天涯孤独	てんがいこどく	a person without a single relative
190 200,000	一挙両得	いっきょりょうとく	killing two birds with one stone, serving two ends
191 198,000	亭主関白	ていしゅかんぱく	the hectoring of the husband, a husband who rules the roost
192 195,000	夏炉冬扇	かろとうせん	summer fires and winter fans, useless things
193 195,000	物見遊山	ものみゆさん	going on a pleasure jaunt
194 188,000	三々五々	さんさんごご	in groups of twos and threes
195 184,000	我田引水	がでんいんすい	自分の都合のよいように強引に事を進めたり話をこじつけたりすること。
196 181,000	乾坤一擲	けんこんいってき	play for all or nothing
197 180,000	二束三文	にそくさんもん	dirt cheap
198 177,000	急転直下	きゅうてんちょっか	suddenly and precipitately, take a sudden turn
199 176,000	大胆不敵	だいたんふてき	audacity, daredevil attitude
200 175,000	杓子定規	しゃくしじょうぎ	a hard-and-fast rule, stick fast to rules, a stickler for rules
201 165,000	白砂青松	はくしゃせいしょう	white sand and green pines
202 164,000	美辞麗句	びじれいく	flowery words, rhetorical flourishes
203 162,000	偶像崇拝	ぐうぞうすうはい	worship, idolatry
204 160,000	疾風怒濤	しっぷうどとう	Storm and stress
205 159,000	臥薪嘗胆	がしんしょうたん	going through thick and thin to attain one's objective, enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
206 159,000	三十六計	さんじゅうろっけい	the 36 ancient Chinese military strategies of which the best was said to be beating a retreat
207 154,000	玉石混交	ぎょくせきこんこう	good and bad in a hopeless jumble, a jumble of wheat and tares
208 153,000	再三再四	さいさんさいし	repeatedly
209 152,000	盛者必衰	しょうじゃひっすい	The prosperous must decay
210 151,000	利害得失	りがいとくしつ	advantages and disadvantages or pros andcons
211 149,000	有名無実	ゆうめいむじつ	in name but not in reality
212 147,000	情状酌量	じょうじょうしゃくりょう	taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
213 147,000	日常茶飯	にちじょうさはん	an everyday occurrence
214 147,000	人身御供	ひとみごくう	a human sacrifice
215 146,000	一気呵成	いっきかせい	at a breath stroke, sitting in a single spell
216 145,000	枝葉末節	しようまっせつ	unimportant details, unessentials
217 145,000	勇猛果敢	ゆうもうかかん	勇気があり決断力に富むこと。
218 144,000	公明正大	こうめいせいだい	fairness, just and upright, aboveboard
219 143,000	後生大事	ごしょうだいじ	with religious zeal, with utmost devotion, take great care of
220 140,000	危急存亡	ききゅうそんぼう	a life-and-death matter, an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened
221 140,000	獅子奮迅	ししふんじん	furiously
222 136,000	前人未踏	ぜんじんみとう	an unexplored region, an untrodden field of study
223 133,000	快刀乱麻	かいとうらんま	solving a problem swiftly and skillfully
224 132,000	率先垂範	そっせんすいはん	人の先に立って行動し、自ら模範を示すこと。　類：率先励行
225 132,000	一挙一動	いっきょいちどう	one's every action, every single move
226 131,000	平身低頭	へいしんていとう	kowtowing, going down on one's knees
227 131,000	海千山千	うみせんやません	a sly old dog, an old fox
228 130,000	権謀術数	けんぼうじゅっすう	trickery, wiles, Machiavellism
229 126,000	一蓮托生	いちれんたくしょう	sharing one's lot with another
230 125,000	大盤振舞	おおばんぶるまい	be lavish in giving gifts or wining and dining others, a lavish feast
231 124,000	曖昧模糊	あいまいもこ	obscurevague, ambiguous
232 124,000	捲土重来	けんどちょうらい	after a failure gather strength for a renewed attack on
233 124,000	効果覿面	こうかてきめん	bring an immediate result on, have an instant effect on
234 122,000	清廉潔白	せいれんけっぱく	being upright and cleanhanded
235 122,000	八面六臂	はちめんろっぴ	competent in all fields, very active in many fields
236 119,000	不言実行	ふげんじっこう	action before words
237 116,000	大言壮語	たいげんそうご	big talk, boasting, bragging
238 116,000	付和雷同	ふわらいどう	following blindly, following suit without reflection
239 116,000	悠々閑々	ゆうゆうかんかん	life of serenity, life of idleness
240 113,000	是々非々	ぜぜひひ	judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong, fair and just policy, principle
241 111,000	感慨無量	かんがいむりょう	deep emotion, one's mind is filled with thousand emotions
242 111,000	笑止千万	しょうしせんばん	highly ridiculous, quite absurd
243 110,000	朝令暮改	ちょうれいぼかい	an unsettled course of action, orders or laws being revised often with no guiding principles
244 109,000	跳梁跋扈	ちょうりょうばっこ	be rampant
245 107,000	衆人環視	しゅうじんかんし	in the presence of the whole company, with all eyes filed upon one
246 105,000	千変万化	せんぺんばんか	innumerable changes, infinite variety
247 103,000	金科玉条	きんかぎょくじょう	a golden rule
248 103,000	深謀遠慮	しんぼうえんりょ	far sight and deep design
249 103,000	羊頭狗肉	ようとうくにく	using a better name to sell inferior goods, crying wine and selling vinegar
250 102,000	不倶戴天	ふぐたいてん	cannot allow oneself to live with someone under the canopy of heaven, cannot allow the sworn enemy to live in this world
251 101,000	合縁奇縁	あいえんきえん	a couple strangely but happily united

More than 50,000 hits

RANKING	JUKUGO	READING	EXPLANATION
252 98,100	呉越同舟	ごえつどうしゅう	bitter enemies placed by fate in the same boat
253 98,100	無知蒙昧	むちもうまい	unenlightened, in the darkest ignorance
254 98,000	滅私奉公	めっしほうこう	selfless devotion
255 97,700	酔生夢死	すいせいむし	idling one's life away
256 97,200	慇懃無礼	いんぎんぶれい	hypocritical courtesy, superficially polite but rude in intent
257 95,900	一切合切	いっさいがっさい	any and every thing, altogether, the whole shooting match
258 95,800	雲散霧消	うんさんむしょう	vanishing like mist
259 94,400	独立独歩	どくりつどっぽ	self-reliance, self-help
260 94,100	余裕綽々	よゆうしゃくしゃく	calm and composed, have enough and to spare
261 92,100	換骨奪胎	かんこつだったい	an adaptation
262 91,200	毀誉褒貶	きよほうへん	praise and censure, public criticisms
263 90,600	青息吐息	あおいきといき	deep distress
264 90,200	面目一新	めんぼくいっしん	評判通りの活躍、評価にふさわしい様子
265 88,500	前後不覚	ぜんごふかく	unconsciousness, having no recollection of one's actions
266 88,200	沈思黙考	ちんしもっこう	be lost in deep thought
267 87,900	古色蒼然	こしょくそうぜん	antique-looking, looking hoary with patina
268 85,600	画竜点睛	がりょうてんせい	the finishing touch, completing something by executing the final, critical step
269 82,400	和魂洋才	わこんようさい	Japanese spirit with Western learning
270 82,100	大願成就	たいがんじょうじゅ	realization of a great ambition
271 80,900	有害無益	ゆうがいむえき	more harm than good, harmful and of no use
272 80,600	手練手管	てれんてくだ	wiles, art of coaxing
273 80,000	徒手空拳	としゅくうけん	empty-handed, with nothing to start with, without capital
274 79,200	同床異夢	どうしょういむ	cohabiting but living in different worlds
275 78,000	一日千秋	いちじつせんしゅう	wait impatiently, spend many a weary day
276 77,200	針小棒大	しんしょうぼうだい	exaggeration, making a mountain out of a molehill
277 76,800	粉骨砕身	ふんこつさいしん	making one's best exertions
278 76,600	無念無想	むねんむそう	free from worldly or worthless thoughts
279 76,400	論功行賞	ろんこうこうしょう	conferral of honors, according to merits
280 75,500	竜頭蛇尾	りゅうとうだび	a strong beginning and a weak ending, an anticlimax
281 75,000	生殺与奪	せいさつよだつ	having life-and-death power over
282 73,000	心頭滅却	しんとうめっきゃく	clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts
283 72,900	多士済々	たしせいせい	a galaxy of able persons
284 72,700	不易流行	ふえきりゅうこう
285 72,000	緩急自在	かんきゅうじざい	速度を自由に変えられること
286 71,300	判官贔屓	ほうがんびいき	sympathy for a tragic hero, sympathy for an underdog
287 70,400	独断専行	どくだんせんこう	acting arbitrarily or on one's own authority
288 69,500	博覧強記	はくらんきょうき	encyclopedic knowledge and strong memory
289 69,400	信賞必罰	しんしょうひつばつ	sure punishment or reward
290 68,900	不得要領	ふとくようりょう	vague, ambiguous, noncommittal
291 67,200	虚心坦懐	きょしんたんかい	with an open and calm mind, with no preconceived notions, without reserve
292 66,600	離合集散	りごうしゅうさん	alliance and rupture
293 66,000	意気軒昂	いきけんこう	in high spirits, elated
294 65,400	不承不承	ふしょうぶしょう	reluctantly, grudgingly
295 63,400	疾風迅雷	しっぷうじんらい	with lightning speed
296 63,300	綱紀粛正	こうきしゅくせい	eliminate corruption among government officials, tighten discipline among
297 62,500	無為自然	むいしぜん
298 61,200	半死半生	はんしはんしょう	all but dead, half killed
299 60,600	侃々諤々	かんかんがくがく	outspoken, arguing heatedly what one believes in
300 59,100	十年一日	じゅうねんいちじつ	without intermission for ten (long) years, with constancy of purose for ten (long) years, in the same old rut for years on end
301 58,400	百家争鳴	ひゃっかそうめい	Let a hundred schools of thought contend
302 58,000	空中楼閣	くうちゅうろうかく	a castle in the air
303 58,000	隔靴掻痒	かっかそうよう	be frustrated because something is not quite as hoped
304 56,900	汗牛充棟	かんぎゅうじゅうとう	本を非常にたくさん持っていること
305 56,700	無為徒食	むいとしょく	idling one's time away
306 56,500	内憂外患	ないゆうがいかん	troubles both at home and abroad
307 56,200	無為無策	むいむさく	do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.)
308 55,100	牽強付会	けんきょうふかい	farfetched argument or opinion, forced sense/view, strained interpretation
309 55,000	自縄自縛	じじょうじばく	be caught in one's own trap
310 53,000	愛別離苦	あいべつりく	(Buddhism) the pain of separation from loved ones
311 52,800	安心立命	あんしんりつめい	spiritual peace, enlightenment
312 52,200	白河夜船	しらかわよふね	be fast asleep and totally unaware of what is going on around one
313 51,200	盤根錯節	ばんこんさくせつ	hard to penetrate event or situation

More than 10,000 hits

RANKING	JUKUGO	READING	EXPLANATION
314 49,500	喜色満面	きしょくまんめん	be all smiles with joy
315 49,500	万物流転	ばんぶつるてん	All things are in a state of flux
316 49,100	才気煥発	さいきかんぱつ	quick-witted, a flash of brilliance
317 48,000	主客転倒	しゅかくてんとう	reversing the order of relative importance of, putting the cart before the horse, mistaking the insignificant for the essential, mistaking the means for the end
318 46,500	流言飛語	りゅうげんひご	false rumors
319 45,100	浅学非才	せんがくひさい	one's lack of learning or ability
320 44,800	有為転変	ういてんぺん	mutability of worldly affairs, fleeting shifts & changes of human life
321 43,700	年々歳々	ねんねんさいさい	every year, year in year out
322 42,900	月下氷人	げっかひょうじん	go-between, matchmaker, Cupid
323 42,700	当意即妙	とういそくみょう	ready wit
324 42,700	不即不離	ふそくふり	neutral, noncommittal
325 41,700	喧々囂々	けんけんごうごう	pandemonium of noise, many people pronouncing diverse opinions in a great uproar
326 41,600	一衣帯水	いちいたいすい	a narrow strip of water, a narrow strait
327 40,500	傍目八目	おかめはちもく	Onlookers' superior, advantaged grasp of the situation
328 40,100	南船北馬	ねんせんほくば	constant traveling, being on the move
329 39,600	春風駘蕩	しゅんぷうたいとう	warm and genial spring weather, genial and balmy
330 39,500	同工異曲	どうこういきょく	to be equally excellent in workmanship though difficult in style, to be practically the same
331 39,500	曲学阿世	きょくがくあせい	prostitution of learning, twisting the truth and truckling to the times
332 38,900	昼夜兼行	ちゅうやけんこう	around-the-clock, working day and night
333 38,600	一意専心	いちいせんしん	single-mindedly, wholeheartedly, with one's heart and soul
334 38,100	自家撞着	じかどうちゃく	self-contradiction
335 37,600	面従腹背	めんじゅうふくはい	pretending to obey but secretly betraying someone
336 37,100	欣喜雀躍	きんきじゃくやく	jump up for joy
337 37,000	一刻千金	いっこくせんきん	very valuable time
338 36,800	一瀉千里	いっしゃせんり	one swift effort, rush through one's work, fast talking, writing, etc.
339 36,600	軽佻浮薄	けいちょうふはく	frivolous and thoughtless
340 35,800	三日天下	みっかてんか	a short-lived rule, being in power only for a brief period
341 34,300	諸説紛々	しょせつふんぷん	divergent opinions abound, opinion is divided
342 34,100	故事来歴	こじらいれき	the origin and history
343 33,600	軽挙妄動	けいきょもうどう	a rash and blind act
344 33,300	一言半句	いちごんはんく	not even a word, not even a syllable
345 33,000	直情径行	ちょくじょうけいこう	implulsive and straightforward, guileless
346 32,900	奮励努力	ふんれいどりょく
347 31,500	六根清浄	ろっこんしょうじょう	purification of the six roots of perception
348 30,200	天涯地角	てんがいちかく	遠く離れていることのたとえ
349 29,200	一得一失	いっとくいっしつ	gain some & lose some
350 28,400	遠慮会釈	えんりょえしゃく	reserve and consideration to others
351 28,200	堅忍不抜	けんにんふばつ	indomitable perseverance, invincible fortitude
352 26,600	好機到来	こうきとうらい
353 25,800	会者定離	えしゃじょうり	会った者は、いつかは必ず離れる
354 25,400	悲憤慷慨	ひふんこうがい	indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
355 25,200	柳緑花紅	りゅうりょくかこう	春の自然の様子。自然のままのこと
356 25,000	依怙贔屓	えこひいき	partiality, favoritism
357 25,000	悲歌慷慨	ひかこうがい	indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
358 24,500	得手勝手	えてかって	self-willed, doing or saying things to suit one's own convenience
359 23,400	悪事千里	あくじせんり	悪いうわさはたちまちの間に広く知れ渡るということ
360 23,000	刻苦勉励	こっくべんれい	be arduous, work diligently enduring hardships
361 22,800	外柔内剛	がいじゅうないごう	gentle but firm
362 22,300	君子豹変	くんしひょうへん	A wise man needs not blush for changing his purposes (original meaning), a demeanor (attitude, tune) undergoing an instant change for the worse (in colloquial usage)
363 21,700	破邪顕正	はじゃけんしょう	Buddhist sense of crushing evil and spreading the truth
364 21,100	一枚看板	いちまいかんばん	a leading player, one's sole Sunday best, the best item one has to show
365 20,800	切歯扼腕	せっしやくわん	clench one's fists and gnash one's teech in anger or regret, be deeply chagrined at
366 20,500	比翼連理	ひよくれんり	marital vows
367 20,500	勇往邁進	ゆうおうまいしん	dash and gopushing forward
368 20,200	雲煙過眼	うんえんかがん
369 18,500	士魂商才	しこんしょうさい	having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense
370 17,800	生者必滅	しょうじゃひつめつ	All living things must die
371 17,400	温厚篤実	おんこうとくじつ	おだやかで誠実で人情のある人柄のこと｡　類：温良篤厚
372 17,300	落花狼藉	らっかろうぜき	running amuck, committing violence on, in utter disorder
373 17,200	佳人薄命	かじんはくめい	beauty and luck seldom go together
374 16,600	片言隻語	へんげんせきご	not even a few words
375 16,500	精進潔斎	しょうじんけっさい	心身を清めてけがれを避けること
376 16,200	鶏口牛後	けいこうぎゅうご	大組織のしっぽより小組織の長がよい
377 16,100	旭日昇天	きょくじつしょうてん	being in the ascendant
378 15,900	百花斉放	ひゃっかせいほう	Let a hundred flowers blossom
379 15,600	片言隻句	へんげんせっく	not even a few words
380 14,700	唯々諾々	いいだくだく	quite willingly, readily, with acquiescence
381 14,200	秋霜烈日	しゅうそうれつじつ	harshness, severity
382 13,600	周章狼狽	しゅうしょうろうばい	consternation, fall into a panic, fluster oneself
383 13,100	甲論乙駁	こうろんおつばく	arguments pro and con
384 12,800	古今無双	ここんむそう
385 12,700	穂状花序	すいじょうかじょ	spike (type of plant)
386 12,600	金城湯池	きんじょうとうち	守りの堅固な城と堀。転じ堅固な勢力範囲
387 12,500	天罰覿面	てんばつてきめん	the certainty of divine punishment, Swift is Heaven's vengeance
388 12,400	百年河清	ひゃくねんかせい	河は黄河：あてにならないことをいつまでも待つたとえ
389 12,200	多岐亡羊	たきぼうよう	方針がいろいろあって、どうしてよいか迷うこと
390 12,200	尋常一様	じんじょういちよう	ordinarycommon, mediocre
391 11,700	天佑神助	てんゆうしんじょ	divine grace, God's help
392 11,500	隠忍自重	いんにんじちょう	じっとがまんし、軽々しく行動しないこと/ ひたすら我慢して軽々しい振る舞いを慎むこと
393 11,400	光彩陸離	こうさいりくり	陸離はきらきらと光り輝くさま
394 11,200	未来永々	みらいえいえい
395 11,100	無事息災	ぶじそくさい	safe and healthy, health and longevity
396 10,800	読書三到	どくしょさんとう	読書に大切な三つの心得
397 10,500	意気阻喪	いきそそう	depression, rejection
398 10,500	阿諛追従	あゆついしょう	flattery, adulation

Less than 10,000 hits

RANKING	JUKUGO	READING	EXPLANATION
399 9,980	暖衣飽食	だんいほうしょく	well-fed and well-dressed
400 9,890	気炎万丈	きえんばんじょう	be in high spirits, talk big
401 9,720	鼓腹撃壌	こふくげきじょう	平和で庶民が暮らしを楽しんでいる様子
402 9,700	物情騒然	ぶつじょうそうぜん	public unrest
403 9,610	忙中有閑	ぼうちゅうゆうかん
404 9,540	牛飲馬食	ぎゅういんばしょく	heavy eating and drinking, gorging and swilling, drinking like a cow and eating like a horse
405 9,210	粒々辛苦	りゅうりゅうしんく	toil and moil, working assiduously for
406 9,130	雄材大略	ゆうざいたいりゃく
407 9,100	因循姑息	いんじゅんこそく	dilly-dallying and temporizing
408 3,630	虚々実々	きょきょじつじつ	wit matching wit, a match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster
409 1,430	不羈奔放	ふきほんぽう	free-spirited and uninhibited
410 990	無量無辺	むりょうむへん
411 907	論旨明快	ろんしめいかい
412 892	悠々自適	ゆうゆうじてき	live in quiet and comfortable retirement free from worldly cares
413 885	拱手傍観	きょうしゅぼうかん	stand idly by and watch
414 862	累世同居	るいせどうきょ	幾代もの同族が同じ家にいっしょに住むこと
415 861	千軍万馬	せんぐんばんば	having experienced many battles
416 860	気息奄々	きそくえんえん	gasping for breath, be at one's last gasp, be more dead than alive
417 856	意馬心猿	いばしんえん	uncontrollable passions
418 835	漫言放語	まんげんほうご
419 790	繁文縟礼	はんぶんじょくれい	red-tapism
420 773	風紀紊乱	ふうきびんらん	corrupt public morals
421 763	和魂漢才	わこんかんさい	the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
422 763	小心翼々	しょうしんよくよく	be very timid, be very nervous, be faint-hearted
423 761	一人天下	ひとりてんか	be the sole master of the situation, reign supreme
424 751	速戦即決	そくせんそっけつ	a quick battle for a quick victory, a blitzkrieg
425 750	普遍妥当	ふへんだとう	ability to fit into any situation
426 719	多事多端	たじたたん	eventfulness, pressure of business
427 714	緊褌一番	きんこんいちばん	gird oneself up
428 702	理非曲直	りひきょくちょく	the rights and wrongs of a case
429 690	実践躬行	じっせんきゅうこう	acting up to one's principles
430 682	奔放不羈	ほんぽうふき	free-spirited and uninhibited
431 667	読書尚友	どくしょしょうゆう
432 659	仁者不憂	じんしゃふゆう
433 643	熟慮断行	じゅくりょだんこう	be deliberate in council, and decisive in action
434 616	四海同胞	しかいどうほう	universal brotherhood
435 614	面折廷争	めんせつていそう	その人の前では服従するように見せているが、隠れてかれこれと悪
436 608	密雲不雨	みつうんふう	前兆があるのにまだ事が起こらないこと
437 594	内股膏薬	うちまたごうやく	double-dealing, fence-sitting, moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict
438 542	暗雲低迷	あんうんていめい	危険や不安が今にも迫ってきそうな状況。
439 540	弊衣破帽	へいいはぼう	shabby clothes and an old hat
440 538	率先躬行	そっせんきゅうこう	taking a lead in doing, setting an example of doing
441 494	寸善尺魔	すんざんしゃくま	ちょっとよいことがあるとそれよりもっと悪いことが起きるものだ
442 465	揣摩憶測	しまおくそく	conjectures, speculation
443 450	無欲恬淡	むよくてんたん	indifferent to worldly gain
444 441	乱臣賊子	らんしんぞくし
445 431	高材疾足	こうざいしっそく	すぐれた才能と手腕：高才逸足，知勇兼備
446 423	円転滑脱	えんてんかつだつ	versatility, adaptability, tact
447 416	一利一害	いちりいちがい	advantages and disadvantages, gain some, lose some
448 416	醇風美俗	じゅんぷうびぞく	warmhearted and genial manners and customs
449 408	意気衝天	いきしょうてん	in high spirits
450 407	千慮一失	せんりょいっしつ
451 396	薄志弱行	はくしじゃっこう	infirm of purpose and lacking in decision
452 386	道聴塗説	どうちょうとせつ
453 335	木戸御免	きどごめん	have a pass to, have access to
454 332	無理算段	むりさんだん	scraping together (a sum of money), raising a sum of money by straining one's credit
455 300	少壮気鋭	しょうそうきえい	young and energetic, up-and-coming
456 287	勢力伯仲	せいりょくはくちゅう
457 263	英俊豪傑	えいしゅんごうけつ
458 258	山容水態	さんようすいたい
459 256	思案投首	しあんなげくび	be at one's wit's end
460 255	奇策縦横	きさくじょうおう	ingenious scheme
461 242	狐疑逡巡	こぎしゅんじゅん	be in doubt and unable to decide, hesitation and indecision
462 224	直截簡明	ちょくせつかんめい	simple and plain, staightforward
463 203	親戚知己	しんせきちき	relatives and acquaintances
464 197	風霜高潔	ふうそうこうけつ
465 185	名実一体	めいじついったい
466 179	余韻嫋々	よいんじょうじょう	sound lingering in the air
467 155	富貴利達	ふうきりたつ
468 142	山河襟帯	さんがきんたい
469 127	雲集霧散	うんしゅうむさん
470 106	黒風白雨	こくふうはくう	sudden rain shower in a dust storm
471 105	巧遅拙速	こうちせっそく
472 91	年百年中	ねんびゃくねんじゅう	throughout the year, all the year round, always
473 87	兼愛無私	けんあいむし
474 55	直往邁進	ちょくおうまいしん	push boldly forward
475 51	情緒纒綿	じょうしょてんめん	with tender feelings
476 41	面従後言	めんじゅうこうげん
477 32	如法暗夜	にょほうあんや
478 17	自暴自棄	じぼうじき	desperation, despair, self-abandonment
479 0	五風十雨	ごふうじゅうう

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