Adam Hartzell#NowReading2025 THE BOOK OF SECRETS by M G Vassanji via Picador Books imbibed at Pronto #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReading2025 PIDGIN TO DA MAX & PIDGIN TO DA MAX HANA HOU! by Douglas Simonson, Ken Sakata, Pat Sasaki, & a lot of people for the second book via The Bess Press imbibed at Mountain Coffee Coffee Roasters #Takasago #高砂
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#NowReading2025 PLASTICS by Imari Walker-Franklin & Jenna Jambeck via MIT Press imbibed at Kanmidokoro Kamakura #Shibamata #柴又 @bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
#NowReading2025 A PERFECT DAY TO BE ALONE by Nanae AOYAMA translated by Jesse Kirkwood via Maclehose Press thanks to Adachi-ku Public Library imbibed at Toho Coffee #Aoto #青砥
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#NowReading2025 THE MAXIMUM SECURITY BOOK CLUB: READING LITERATURE IN A MEN'S PRISON by Mikita Brottman via Harper Perennial thanks to Adachi-ku Public Library imbibed at Starbucks #NaritaAirport
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#NowReading2025 WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP by HWANG Bo-reum translated by Shanna Tan via Bloomsbury Publishers thanks to Adachi-ku Public Library imbibed at %ARABICA #AzabudaiHills
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#NowReading2025 ON IMMUNITY: AN INOCULATION by Eula Biss via @graywolfpress imbibed at Matsuzaki Coffee #Negishi
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#NowReading2025 CELEBRITY by Chris Rojek via Reaktion Books imbibed at Chooze Coffee #Nihonbashi #日本橋
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#NowReading2025 LEBRON by Jeff Benedict via Simon & Schuster imbibed at Kaede Life Coffee #KitaSenju #北千住
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#NowReading2025 SHO-TIME: THE INSIDE STORY OF SHOHEI OHTANI & THE GREATEST BASEBALL SEASON EVER PLAYED by Jeff Fletcher via @diversionbooks imbibed at Plus1 Coffee #Hongo
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#NowReading2025 BECKHAM by Ellis Cashmore @politybooks imbibed with Costa Coffee care of Falafel Brothers #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReading2025 RECKONING REAGAN: AMERICA & ITS PRESIDENT IN THE 1980s by Michael Schaller via Oxford University Press imbibed at Mogura Coffee #Nezu #根津
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There's been a significant gap in this list of #NowReading2025 due to being unable to toot anything on my phone. Still can't, not sure why, so I've moved to tooting on my tablet from now on.
#NowReading2025 GLOBAL SPORT SPONSORSHIP Edited by John Amis & T BETTINA CORNWELL via Berg imbibed at #JazzKissa Jazz Altec #Nishiari #西新井 @bookstodon #BookMastodon #BookStodon #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon #JazzMastodon #JazzStodon
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#NowReading2025 TIME IS A MOTHER by Ocean Vuong via
Penguin Books
imbibed at Akino Coffee #HigashiNippori #東日暮里
#NowReading2025 TIME IS A MOTHER by Ocean Vuong via
Penguin Books
imbibed at Akino Coffee #HigashiNippori #東日暮里
#NowReading2025 WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr via Dell Publishing imbibed at Ueshima Coffee #Otemachi #大手町 #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #Books @bookstodon
#NowReading2025 NINE NASTY WORDS - ENGLISH IN THE GUTTER: THEN, NOW, & FOREVER by John McWhorter via Avery imbibed at Horiguchi Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReading2025 DANGEROUS JOKES: HOW RACISM & SEXISM WEAPONIZE HUMOR by Claire Horisk via Oxford University Press imbibed at Yusual #Shibuya #渋谷
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#NowReading2025 WHOSE LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH? by Jieun Kiaer via Yale Books imbibed at Beans & Leaves #Nippori #日暮里
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#NowReading2025 SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE by Ijeoma Oluo
via Seal Press imbibed at Coffee Stand Ossaion #Nakano #中野
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via Seal Press imbibed at Coffee Stand Ossaion #Nakano #中野
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#NowReading2025 ONE HUNDRED DAYS by Alice Pung via Black Inc Press imbibed at Mills Coffee #Senju #千住
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#NowReading2025 HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR by Marisa Ressa via Penguin Books imbibed at Uni Donuts #AzabuJuban #麻布十番
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#NowReading2025 LANGUAGE, NATION, RACE: LINGUISTIC REFORM IN MEIJI JAPAN 1868-1912 by Atsuko UEDA via University of California Press
brewed with Papa Noel
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brewed with Papa Noel
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#NowReading2025 POWER & IDEOLOGY IN AMERICAN SPORT: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE by George H Sage via Human Kinetics Books imbibed at Horiguchi Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReading2025 WEIRD OHIO by James A Willis, Andrew Henderson, Loren Coleman via Sterling Publishers imbibed at Jazz Altec #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Coffee #Sports
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#NowReading2025 HOSTS & CHAMPIONS: SOCCER CULTURES, NATIONAL IDENTITIES & THE USA WORLD CUP edited by John Sugden & Alan Tomlinson via Ashgate Publishing (1994) imbibed at Make Sweets House #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Sports #Soccer #SportsStudies #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #BooksStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2025 BOTANICAL IMAGINATION: RETHINKING PLANTS IN MODERN JAPAN by Jon L Pitt via
@cornellpress brewed with Blue Tokai Coffee
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@cornellpress brewed with Blue Tokai Coffee
@bookstodon #Books #Plants #BookStodon
#NowReading2025 THE CLOTHING OF BOOKS by Jhumpa Lahiri via
@vintagebooks imbibed at 5 Crossties Coffee #Marunouchi #丸の内@[email protected] #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
@vintagebooks imbibed at 5 Crossties Coffee #Marunouchi #丸の内@[email protected] #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
#NowReading2025 THE WORLD'S GAME: A HISTORY OF SOCCER by Bill Murray via
@illinoispress imbibed at Costa Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
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@illinoispress imbibed at Costa Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReading2025 LAND OF SPORT & GLORY: SPORT & BRITISH SOCIETY 1887-1910 by Derek Birley via @ManchesterUP imbibed at Granarys Coffee
@bookstodon #Books #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Sports #SportsMastodon #SportsStudies #Coffee #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon
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#NowReading2025 SCIENCE OF STRETCHING by Dr Leada Malek, PT, DPT via Dorling Kindserly Limited thanks to Adachi Public Library imbibed at Tully's Coffee #Nippori #日暮里 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeMastodon #BookMastodon @bookstodon
#NowReReading2025 MOTHER'S TAXI: SPORT & WOMEN'S LABOR by Shona M Thompson via @sunypress imbibed at VW Cafe Dove Blue #Otemachi #大手町 #Books #Coffee
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#NowReading2025 ONE-EYED: A VIEW OF AUSTRALIAN SPORT by Douglas Booth & Colin Tatz via Allen & Unwin imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町屋 #Books #Coffee #SportsStudies #Australia #AustralianSports #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2025 AUSTRALIAN BEACH CULTURES: THE HISTORY OF SUN, SAND & SURF by Douglas Booth via Frank Cass imbibed at Irodori Cafe #Imado #Books #Coffee #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Australia
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#NowReading2025 POWER GAMES: A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT Edited by John Sugden & Alan Tomlinson via Routledge imbibed at Sarutahiko Coffee #Ochanomizu #御茶ノ水 #Coffee #Books #Sports #SportsStudies #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2025 SOME LIKE IT HOT: THE BEACH AS A CULTURAL DIMENSION Edited by James Skinner, Keith Gilbert, & Allan Edwards via Meyer & Meyer Sport imbibed at Saza Coffee #Marunouchi #丸の内 #Books #Australia #Coffee #AustraluaStudies #SportStudies #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2025 TO THE EXTREME: ALTERNATIVE SPORTS, INSIDE & OUT edited by Robert E Rinehart & Synthia Sydnor via @sunypress imbibed at Vault Coffee #Akihabara #秋葉原 #Books #Coffee #SportStudies @bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
#NowReading2025 THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2005 Edited by
@Susanorlean imbibed at Patisserie Woo Roo Goo #Ogu #尾久 #Books #ShavedIce @bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon
@Susanorlean imbibed at Patisserie Woo Roo Goo #Ogu #尾久 #Books #ShavedIce @bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon
#NowReading2025 SWIM: WHY WE LOVE THE WATER by Lynn Scherr via Public Affairs imbibed at Bees Coffee beescoffee.com #Sengoku #千石 #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #ShavedIce
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#NowReading2025 NIHONGO PERA PERA! by Susan Millington via Tuttle Language Library imbibed at ひとやすみ (pause it) #Motohasunuma #本蓮沼 #Books #Coffee #LanguageLearning
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#NowReading2025 THE THOROUGHLY UNHELPFUL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN SPORT by Titus O'Reily via
@penguinbooks imbibed at Yanaka Coffee #Akabane #赤羽 #Books #Coffee #Australia #Sports
@bookstodon #BookStodon #CoffeeStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeMastodon
@penguinbooks imbibed at Yanaka Coffee #Akabane #赤羽 #Books #Coffee #Australia #Sports
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#NowRead2025 THE STRANGE LIBRARY by Haruki Murakami via Alfred A Knopf care of Arakawa Public Library brewed with Mikado Coffee #Books #Coffee #CoffeeSky #BookSky @bookstodon
#NowReading2025 200 ESSENTIAL FOUR-CHARACTER KANJI IDIOMS via IBC Publishing care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at LAWSON #Language #LanguageLearning #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #LangStodon
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#NowReading2025 THE SECRET LIFE OF GROCERIES: THE DARK MIRACLE OF THE AMERICAN SUPERMARKET by Benjamin Lorr via Avery Books care of Arakawa Public Library brewed with Mikado Coffee #Books #Coffee
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#NowRead2025 SEVEN KINDS OF PEOPLE YOU FIND IN BOOKSHOPS by Shaun Bythell via
@profilebooks imbibed at CHE #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books
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@profilebooks imbibed at CHE #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books
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#NowReading2025 NOT A RIVER by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott, via
@charcopress imbibed at Ueshima Coffee #Otemachi #大手町 #Books #Coffee
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@charcopress imbibed at Ueshima Coffee #Otemachi #大手町 #Books #Coffee
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#NowReading2025 THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK by Mark Manson via
@harperbooks care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Sarutahiko Coffee #Hongo #本郷 #Books #Coffee @bookstodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon
@harperbooks care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Sarutahiko Coffee #Hongo #本郷 #Books #Coffee @bookstodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon
#NowReading2025 LOVE GAME: A HISTORY OF TENNIS, FROM VICTORIAN PASTIME TO GLOBAL PHENOMENON by Elizabeth Wilson via Serpent's Tail imbibed at Hongo Cafe #Hongo #本郷 #Books #Coffee
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#NowReading2025 I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF by Bill Bryson via Broadway Books imbibed at Murakami Coffee #Komagome #駒込 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2025 VIRTUAL JAPANESE: ENIGMA OF ROLE LANGUAGE by Iwanami Shoten translated by Satoshi Kinsui via Osaka University Press via Nippori Library imbibed at Key Coffee #Senjuohashi #千住大 #BookStodon #BookMastodon #LangStodon #Language #Japanese #JapaneseBooks #LingSky #Linguistics
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#NowReading2025 THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MODERN JAPANESE CULTURE Edited by Yoshio Sugimoto via
@universitypress.cambridge.org
imbibed at Cafe Colorado #Kanegafuchi #鐘ヶ淵 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Japan
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@universitypress.cambridge.org
imbibed at Cafe Colorado #Kanegafuchi #鐘ヶ淵 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Japan
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#NowReading2025 THE WHITE BOOK by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith via
@grantabooks thanks to the Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Catea #Oshiage #押上 #Books #KoreanLiterature #Coffee
@bookstodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BooksStodon #BooksMastodon #Korean
@grantabooks thanks to the Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Catea #Oshiage #押上 #Books #KoreanLiterature #Coffee
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#NowReading2025 CULINARY LINGUISTICS: THE CHEF'S SPECIAL Edited by Cornelia Gerhardt, Maximiliane Frobenius, & Susanne Ley via John Benjamin's Publishing Company brewed with Bee's Coffee #Books #Linguistics #LingStodon #LangStodon #FoodStodon #FoodMastodon
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#NowReading2025 LITERATURE & THE NEW CULTURE WARS by Deborah Appleman via
@wwnorton imbibed at from afar #Mukojima #向島 #Books #Coffee #BookSky #CoffeeSky
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@wwnorton imbibed at from afar #Mukojima #向島 #Books #Coffee #BookSky #CoffeeSky
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#NowReReading2025 LUNCH: A HISTORY by Megan Elias via Rowman & Littlefield imbibed at Coffee Stain #Nezu #根津 #Books #Coffee #FoodStudies
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#NowReading2025 THE ULTIMATE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAELIC FOOTBALL & HURLING by Martin Breheny & Donal Keenan via Carlton Books imbibed at PÂTISSERIE LA VIE UN RÊVE #Umejima #梅島 #Books #Coffee #GaelicFootball #Hurling #Sports #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2025 MY EDUCATION by Susan Choi via
@vikingbooks imbibed at Papa Noel #Minowa #三ノ輪 #Books #Novels #Coffee
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@vikingbooks imbibed at Papa Noel #Minowa #三ノ輪 #Books #Novels #Coffee
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#NowReading2025 PIECES FOR THE LEFT HAND by J Robert Lennon via
@grantabooks imbibed at Glass Coffee #Shinjuku #新宿 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #BookStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookMastodon
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@grantabooks imbibed at Glass Coffee #Shinjuku #新宿 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #BookStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2025 TRUST EXERCISE by Susan Choi via Serpent's Tail imbibed at Shyaberiban Kissaten (Talking Coffee Shop) #KitaSenju #北千住 #Books #Kissa #Coffee #Toast #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon @bookstodon
#NowReading2025 THE NEW EQUALITY by Nat Hentoff via The Viking Press (1965) imbibed at Che #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books
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#NowReading2025 THE NEW JIM CROW: MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLOURBLINDNESS by Michelle Alexander via
@penguinbooks imbibed at Brooklyn Roasting Company #Yurakucho #有楽町 #Books #Coffee
@bookstodon
@penguinbooks imbibed at Brooklyn Roasting Company #Yurakucho #有楽町 #Books #Coffee
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Y Lee@ModernDayBartleby
Ooh! Soup and a sandwich! 😋
Ooh! Soup and a sandwich! 😋
@YLee Grilled cheese and tomato soup, a combo that never fails
@YLee It wasn't soggy since I ate it quick enough before the whipped butter had much time to seep in ;)
@ModernDayBartleby
One thing I discovered on our short trip there last year was their love of soggy toast.
One thing I discovered on our short trip there last year was their love of soggy toast.
@YLee Texas Toast thick toast is a staple of kissaten culture
@ModernDayBartleby
So I've heard. We went to a very nice coffee shop in Machida and, when my wife's son later showed the pictures to his co-workers, they were more impressed with the toast than with the coffee.
So I've heard. We went to a very nice coffee shop in Machida and, when my wife's son later showed the pictures to his co-workers, they were more impressed with the toast than with the coffee.
eMarginalia@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon
I read this last year. Extremely interesting...much more modern stuff you will wish you did not know. An excellent read.
I read this last year. Extremely interesting...much more modern stuff you will wish you did not know. An excellent read.
@demerara Yeah, I'm finding it fascinating and, yes, a bit disconcerting
Riley S. Faelan@ModernDayBartleby Er, aren't four-letter idioms more a Chinese thing?
@riley @bookstodon Not sure. Not an expert in this area, but those who know more about Japanese put this book together, so I guess not. (But quite a few of these are referred to as coming from Buddhism.)
earthling
@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon
Another popular yojijukugo:
Junin-toiro (十人十色)
Meaning: Different people like different things, everyone has their own ideas and tastes, different strokes for different folks, several men means several minds.
eribosot@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon They're also fairly common in Japanese. Here's a list: https://jisho.org/search/%23words%20%23yoji (Mind you, if you limit this to only common ones by adding #common to the search query, you get 67 back).
This is just a list of some four character words, not necessarily idiomatic #yojijukugo.
"Yojijukugo in the broad sense refers to Japanese compound words consisting of four kanji characters, which may contain an idiomatic meaning or simply be a compound noun. However, in the narrow or strict sense, the term refers only to four-kanji compounds that have a particular (idiomatic) meaning, which cannot be inferred from the meanings of the components that make them up."
@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon
They're definitely a Japanese 'thing'.