疾しっ風ぷう怒ど濤とう

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Meanings

noun

storm and stress; Sturm und Drang

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo originally referring to a violent storm, now used metaphorically for a period of upheaval, intense emotion, or the German literary movement Sturm und Drang.

青せい春しゅん時じ代だいはまさに疾しっ風ぷう怒ど濤とうの日ひ々びだった。
My youth was truly a period of storm and stress.
ゲーテの若わかい頃ころの作さく品ひんは疾しっ風ぷう怒ど濤とうの精せい神しんを表あらわしている。
Goethe's early works embody the spirit of Sturm und Drang.

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Kanji

疾rapidly
風wind, air, style
怒angry, be offended
濤waves, billows
涛waves, billows

Related words

激げき動どう
激動 refers to violent upheaval or rapid change, often in a social or historical context, while 疾風怒濤 emphasizes emotional turbulence and literary romanticism.

Written forms

疾しっ風ぷう怒ど濤とう
Standard kanji form; 濤 is the traditional character, while 涛 is a simplified variant.
疾しっ風ぷう怒ど涛とう
Variant using the simplified character 涛; commonly seen in modern texts.

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of 疾風 (gale) and 怒濤 (raging waves). The phrase was used in classical Chinese poetry to describe a violent storm and later adopted in Japanese with the same meaning. It gained additional literary significance as a translation of the German 'Sturm und Drang' movement.