Original 四文字熟語 from students in Japan.

1. four character
idioms
from Fall Semester 2011

2. 綱起亜春

3. The internet causes the
Arab Spring
綱起亜春

4. 檎長昇天

5. 檎長昇天

6. 檎長昇天
Apple president, Steve Jobs, passed away.

7. 顔本世結

8. Facebook is connecting the world
顔本世結

9. Facebook is connecting the world
顔本世結

10. 愛子逃校

11. 愛子逃校
Pr in ce ss Aik o es ca pe d sch oo l.
Th e nex t ph ra se is 雅子憂鬱

12. n 復興私縁

13. My grandparents live in Fukushima.
I’d like to help them for recovery.
The original “shi-en” is 支援.
n 復興私縁

14. 離後得金

15. 離後得金

16. 離後得金
Baseball player Yu Darvish
got divorced, and now he’s
gone to play in the US and
is getting a lot of money.

17. 北将亡生
hoku - shou - bou - sei

18. Kim died but another took over.
北将亡生
hoku - shou - bou - sei

19. Kim died but another took over.
北将亡生
hoku - shou - bou - sei

20. Kim died but another took over.
北将亡生
hoku - shou - bou - sei

21. 皆持賢電
kai - ji - ken - den

22. 皆持賢電
kai - ji - ken - den
Everyone has smart
phones!

23. The images are all from Flickr, Creative Commons:
Slide 3: “Apple logo” by zolierdos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoliblog/2214058583/
Slide 4: “facebook like button” by Sean MacEntee. http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/
5684115572/
Slide 7: “Yu Darvish - Texas - 2012 Home” by BaseballBacks. http://www.flickr.com/photos/
baseball-backs/6736497299/
Slide 8 - “Kim Jong Il Funny Demotivational Poster: Kim's Wisdom” by CleveredFool.com.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleveredfool/6567024075/