熟語

じゅくご

Meanings

1. Noun kanji compound
2. idiom; idiomatic phrase

Kanji

• 熟 ripe. Read as ジュク.
• 語 language. Read as ゴ.

Example sentences

• できるだけたくさん熟語を暗記しなさい。
  Learn as many idioms as possible by heart.
• 今までに私達は熟語をいくつぐらい習ったかしら。
  How many proverbs have we learned so far?
• 今まで私たちは熟語をいくつ勉強しましたか。
  How many idioms have we studied so far?
• 四字熟語とは四文字の熟語のことです。
  A "yo-ji-juku-go" in Japanese is an idiom made from a compound of four characters.

Words containing 熟語

• 四字熟語 (よじじゅくご) four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
• 四文字熟語 (よんもじじゅくご) four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
• 熟語本位英和中辞典 (じゅくごほんいえいわちゅうじてん) Saito's Idiomological English-Japanese Dictionary (1936)

Word lists

• JLPT N2
• Linguistics

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists