Proverbs & idioms

Japanese proverbs (ことわざ), four-character idioms (四字熟語), and idioms — from JMdict.

• 脱米入亜だつべいにゅうあaway from America, toward Asia (as a political policy, etc.)
• 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
• 自分勝手じぶんかってselfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
• 自学自習じがくじしゅうteaching oneself; learning by oneself; self-study
• 自己中心じこちゅうしんselfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
• 豊年満作ほうねんまんさくbumper crops; year of a full rice harvest
• 酒池肉林しゅちにくりんsumptuous feast; debauch