Yojijukugo: Japan Bowl 2026

一長一短（いっちょういったん）

advantages and disadvantages; strengths and weaknesses

十人十色（じゅうにんといろ）

to each their own; everyone has their own taste

四苦八苦（しくはっく）

being in dire distress, being hard put to it, being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

三日坊主（みっかぼうず）

person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; monk for three days​

以心伝心

Telepathy; tacit undersanding; heart to heart communication; thoughts being shared without speaking

大器晩成

Great talents mature late; late bloomer;