Proverbs & idioms

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

• 常在戦場じょうざいせんじょうalways conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)
• 常套手段じょうとうしゅだんone's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
• 平沙万里へいさばんりvast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
• 平身低頭へいしんていとうprostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
• 年百年中ねんびゃくねんじゅうthroughout the year; all the year round; always
• 延頸挙踵えんけいきょしょうlonging for someone or something; waiting for someone of great talent to arrive; stretching one's neck and standing on tiptoes
• 張三李四ちょうさんりし