A compound word made of two or more kanji characters; a kanji compound whose meaning comes from the combination of characters.
この熟語は漢字二字から成っています。
This 熟語 consists of two kanji characters.
漢字を学ぶと熟語の意味が分かりやすくなる。
When you learn kanji, the meanings of 熟語 become easier to understand.
辞書で見つからない熟語は用例で意味を確認しよう。
If you can't find a 熟語 in the dictionary, check example usages to confirm its meaning.
An idiom or idiomatic expression; a set phrase whose meaning is not directly derived from its individual words.
「頭が上がらない」はよく使われる熟語（慣用句）です。
“Atama ga agaranai” is a commonly used 熟語 (idiom).
辞書でその熟語の由来を調べてみた。
I looked up the origin of that 熟語 in the dictionary.
外国語には日本語と同じ意味の熟語がないことがある。
Sometimes a foreign language has no 熟語 with the exact same meaning as in Japanese.