Proverbs & idioms

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

• 無為無能むいむのうidle and incompetent; accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so; lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time
• 無為自然むいしぜんabandoning artifice and just being oneself; doing nothing and taking things as they come
• 無理往生むりおうじょうforced compliance; coercion; compulsion
• 無理無体むりむたいby force
• 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
• 無理難題むりなんだいunreasonable demand
• 無理非道むりひどうunreasonable and unjust; unconscionable