Nihongo Journey » Yojijukugo http://www.jeremysimonson.com/japanese-language Japanese Language Learning blog Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:41:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 yojijukugo #1 http://www.jeremysimonson.com/japanese-language/2010/02/some-yojijukugo-1/ http://www.jeremysimonson.com/japanese-language/2010/02/some-yojijukugo-1/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:59:49 +0000 Jeremy http://www.jeremysimonson.com/japanese-language/?p=31
Yojijukugo are four character compounds in Japanese. A lot of the time they are idioms, but other times they are just phrases or compound words. When I come across a new 四字熟語　(yojijukugo) I usually add it to my SRS as its own card. After I have some familiarity with it, I’ll add it in with a normal sentence card. I only know a handful of them though because I’m focusing more on basic verbs and other vocabulary. These are just fun little extras the spice up study when bored.

謹賀新年
きんがしんねん　＝　”Happy New Year.” Literally

弱肉強食
じゃくにくきょうしょく = “Survival of the fittest.” Literally , “The weak meat is the strong’s meal.”

天上天下
てんじょうてんげ　= “The entire world.” Literally, “Above heaven and below heaven.” This is a pretty easy one for beginners with yojijukugo.

温故知新
おんこちしん　＝　”Developing new thoughts and ideas based on the wisdom of the past.” Literally, The kanji could read “warm wisdom, new.”

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