# Life advice in kanji relations in words **URL:** \ **Category:** Japanese Language\ **Created:** [May 19, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/life-advice-in-kanji-relations-in-words/36816 "2019-05-19T08:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dviralush](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/dviralush/32/250820_2.png) [@dviralush](https://community.wanikani.com/u/dviralush)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/life-advice-in-kanji-relations-in-words/36816/1 "2019-05-19T08:43:34Z")
I see it from time to time, that the association of kanji to form one word is a famous proverb and advice. I’m jewish so I see mine. Right now I saw: 心配 worry = heart distribute. as in proverbs 12:25: ‘A worry in a man’s heart → converse it’. a lot of the times the worry is healed by the other person not getting flustered hearing about it, for example. What did YOU come upon? ---
**Author:** ![RoseWagsBlue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rosewagsblue/32/713093_2.png) [@RoseWagsBlue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/RoseWagsBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/life-advice-in-kanji-relations-in-words/36816/2 "2019-05-19T09:42:30Z")
These are a thing. Have you studied 四字熟語 (よじじゅくご) yet? Literally “four character idiomatic expression”. For instance, 一期一会 (いちごいちえ), “one life, one encounter”. But there are shorter and longer expressions, like 如是 (にょぜ), “as it is”. Or 本来無一物 (ほんらいむいちぶつ), “originally there was not one thing”. It is wonderful to just stumble on words that put meanings together in interesting ways. This is one of the delights of kanji. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dviralush](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/dviralush/32/250820_2.png) [@dviralush](https://community.wanikani.com/u/dviralush)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/life-advice-in-kanji-relations-in-words/36816/3 "2019-05-19T11:19:48Z")
Didn’t get to those yet. I see japan as a secluded island where a lot of knowledge didn’t have time yet to wither but not small enough to be forgotten by hardships. God willing i’ll post more as I see them. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![RoseWagsBlue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rosewagsblue/32/713093_2.png) [@RoseWagsBlue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/RoseWagsBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/life-advice-in-kanji-relations-in-words/36816/4 "2019-05-19T11:23:44Z")
There are threads here devoted to yojijukugo. Also, they appear on Japanese proficiency exams. Older Japanese people complain that the younger generations are not learning them. ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/life-advice-in-kanji-relations-in-words/36816/5 "2019-05-19T11:29:29Z")
> [@RoseWagsBlue](#): > > There are threads here devoted to yojijukugo > [@One yojijukugo (four character idiomatic compound) for each level](https://community.wanikani.com/t/one-yojijukugo-four-character-idiomatic-compound-for-each-level/32878): > > Wish WaniKani had more yojijukugo? No? Well, I went and found one for each level anyway. I tried to pick common ones wherever possible, while keeping the concept of “at least one kanji in the word is new to that level” in mind. When looking at the star ratings, keep in mind that “common” yojijukugo are still much less common than basic vocabulary. So anything in the 1 or 0 star range will probably be something Japanese people probably have never seen or heard. Just FYI. For each one the list … ---
**Author:** ![dviralush](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/dviralush/32/250820_2.png) [@dviralush](https://community.wanikani.com/u/dviralush)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/life-advice-in-kanji-relations-in-words/36816/6 "2019-05-19T11:51:05Z")
Nice to know. But a lot of the yojijukugo are less of the straight up advice that i’m referring to and more like mottoes or figure of speech I feel. ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/life-advice-in-kanji-relations-in-words/36816/7 "2019-05-19T11:57:51Z")
Well, that’s true that many aren’t advice. To be fair though, I’m not sure that 心配 is, strictly speaking, structured as advice. It comes from 心配り (こころくばり), which is “thoughtfulness” or “taking care of.” Over time people adapted the onyomi to it. It’s a description of an action, but there’s no real “call to action” as far as I can tell. Bonus for people who are interested in jukugo etymology, usually when a character is composed of one character representing an action, and one character representing the object of that action, they will be in that order respectively (着席 arrive \> seat, sit down; 登山 climb \> mountain, mountain climbing). The above mentioned transition from 心配り to 心配 is why 心配 breaks this rule of thumb. ---
**Author:** ![dviralush](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/dviralush/32/250820_2.png) [@dviralush](https://community.wanikani.com/u/dviralush)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/life-advice-in-kanji-relations-in-words/36816/8 "2019-05-19T12:16:00Z")
Thank you for the science of those. Yeah it’s a sound advice even if the poet didn’t mean it so it’s still great. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/life-advice-in-kanji-relations-in-words/36816/9 "2020-05-18T12:20:22Z")
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