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“Hiyoku Renri” (比翼連理) is also a four-character idiom, used to describe a couple deeply in love. This title becomes more meaningful in context when you understand the idiom. Hiyoku describes a mythical creature, hiyoku no tori, where two birds (one male, one female) have one eye (or head) and one wing each, and constantly fly as “one.” Renri refers to two trees (with different roots) growing close and merging.
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“Hiyoku Renri” (比翼連理) is also a four-character idiom, used to describe a couple deeply in love. This title becomes more meaningful in context when you understand the idiom. Hiyoku describes a mythical creature, hiyoku no tori, where two birds (one male, one female) have one eye (or head) and one wing each, and constantly fly as “one.” Renri refers to two trees (with different roots) growing close and merging.
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“Fumbling in the dark,” another 4-character idiom. Anchuu = in the dark, mosaku = groping/fumbling/etc. The meaning of this phrase is basically to search for a solution to a problem, usually blindly through trial and error.
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“Fumbling in the dark,” another 4-character idiom. Anchuu = in the dark, mosaku = groping/fumbling/etc. The meaning of this phrase is basically to search for a solution to a problem, usually blindly through trial and error.
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