[email protected] wrote: > You're missing the point here. Those "yoji jukugo" (four-character > phrases) like "wa-kon yo-sai" express rather complicated ideas > compactly in just four kanji, and they're fairly well-known.
Indeed. I usually eqate them with phrases in English like "sour grapes" -- there's a whole story there, and that story is what gives the meaning to a phrase that, otherwise, would just mean "grapes that are tart." Tony -- Anthony J. Bryant Website: http://www.sengokudaimyo.com Effingham's Heraldic Avatars (...and stuff): http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/avatarbiz.html All sorts of cool things Japanese and SCA: http://www.cafepress.com/sengokudaimyo ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
