内柔外剛

ないじゅうがいごう

tough on the outside but soft at heart

外剛内柔

がいごうないじゅう

being tough on the outside but soft at heart, a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave

外柔内剛

がいじゅうないごう

gentle but firm

剛柔

ごうじゅう

hardness and softness

剛と柔

ごうとじゅう つよしとやわら

hardness and softness

剛柔流

ごうじゅうりゅう

Goju-ryu (karate school)

内剛

ないごう

tough at heart

内外

ないがい うちそと

inside and outside, domestic and foreign, approximately, interior and exterior

柔よく剛を制す

じゅうよくごうをせいす

soft and fair goes far, willows are weak, yet they bind other wood

国内外

こくないがい

domestic and foreign, inside and outside the country

社内外

しゃないがい

inside and outside the company

内外人

ないがいじん

nationals and foreigners

内外野

ないがいや

infield and outfield

室内外

しつないがい

indoor and outdoor

柔

じゅう やわ

soft, fragile, weak, poorly built, insubstantial

剛

ごう

strong, hard, manly

院の内外

いんのないがい

legislative circles

内外多事

ないがいたじ

things being very eventful at home and abroad

内疎外親

ないそがいしん

superficially cordial but actually uninterested