Proverbs & idioms

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

• 驚天動地きょうてんどうちastounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering
• 高山流水こうざんりゅうすいhigh mountains and running water; the beauty of nature; beautifully (skillfully) played music
• 魑魅魍魎ちみもうりょうevil spirits of rivers and mountains
• 魚目燕石ぎょもくえんせきimitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value
• 魯魚章草ろぎょしょうそうmiswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
• 鯨飲馬食げいいんばしょくdrinking like a fish and eating like a horse; eating mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor
• 黄塵万丈こうじんばんじょう