four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
fourth day of the month; four days
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
four (long cylindrical things)
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
divide into four pieces; one fourth
around the clock; day and night
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
24 hours; twenty-four hours
scattering (in all directions)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
four corners; four ordinal directions
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
to grumble about something (trivial)
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
four characters; four letters
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
quadruped walking; walking on four legs
being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)
fourth dimension; four dimensions
surroundings; circumference
forty-ninth day after a person's death
the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king
folding into four; quarto
rounding (fractions); rounding half up
four-digit number; thousands column
the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)
four corners; crossroads; intersecting street; street corner
quadruped; four-footed animal
plant having four leaves on one stalk
from season to season; season by season; of each season; in each season
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping
whole neighborhood; whole neighbourhood; surrounding countries
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
the whole world; the seven seas
square; formal; prim; stuffy
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
talk about various topics
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
four balls; base on balls; a walk
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
four arithmetic operations; basic arithmetic operations
the 48 basic techniques; every trick in the book; the 48 basic sexual positions
the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors
the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings
4D pocket; magical pocket that can hold any item
torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized
grappling firmly; being locked together
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
folding into four; quarto
four-of-a-kind and a pair in a dealt hand
quadruple time; four-four time; common time; the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)
the four inauspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
coach and four; four horse coach
shoulder pain (at about age forty)
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons
shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm); duodecimo
Szechuan cuisine; Sichuan cuisine
looking everywhere; looking in all four directions; neighborhood; vicinity
semifinalists; final four (in a tournament)
four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic
four posts that used to support the roof over the ring
six to four ratio; sixty-forty
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics
fourth year (college) student; senior
an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
the Four Books (Confucian texts)
Shikoku region (incl. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)
cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
square-patterned bamboo fence; lattice fence
four 20-point cards (scoring combination)
Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)
four concealed triplets (yakuman); four concealed three-of-a-kinds
the four signs of orthodox Buddhism
four images; four symbols; four emblems; four phenomena; four phases
rolling a two and four (with two dice); six
fundamental interactions; four fundamental forces of nature
four-on-the-floor; four-to-the-floor
Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth
traffic network extending in all directions
the fourth estate; the proletariat
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim
Japanese tit (Parus minor); Oriental tit
fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)
passage of the seasons; change of the four seasons
yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)
alternation of three cold and four warm days
the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni
hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left
the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness)
four divine beasts; guardian deities of the four cardinal points
Yom Kippur War; fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
ousting of vice-minister Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters from the Meiji government (1881)
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan); varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
quadrennial; recurring every four years
the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness); the four sprouts
quadrennial; recurring every four years
720ml bottle (of alcohol)
Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim
the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death)
April Theses; series of directives issued by Lenin after his return from exile
hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
tate-shiho-gatame (judo); vertical four-quarter hold
the Ono no Michikaze card and three other 20-point cards (scoring combination)
four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear); four gods said to rule over the four directions
being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another
four-wheeled light vehicle
bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen
four-wheeled light vehicle
heaven of the Four Great Kings; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
humorism (ancient system of medicine); humoralism
Four Barbarians; derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China
four administrative positions (of the ritsuryo system: kami, suke, jou, sakan)
the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)
big four winds; winning hand containing four kongs or pungs of winds
shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm); duodecimo
four-letter word (esp. in English)
vocal quartet; four-part chorus
sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)
yodan verb conjugation; verb conjugation of classical Japanese
quadriplegia; tetraplegia
four ordinal directions; four cardinal principles of the state (propriety, justice, integrity, sense of shame)
Chamisso's lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica)
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); the four assemblies
the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India, and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
four tassels hung above the ring
satipatthana; mindfulness
Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Water Margin, and The Plum in the Golden Vase)
wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands
four kinds of birth in the six destinies
little four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind
notation system for the sanshin
matched set of four arrows for target shooting
the four Fujiwara families; Fujiwara clan
at age forty, one has no doubts
four-color theorem (colour) (theorem stating that any map can be colored such that no two adjacent segments have the same color, if only four colors are used)
fourth ventricle; brain structure
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)
Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
enjoying food, drink and entertainment in a small room
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise; faker; huckster
the common run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person)
people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood
fourth toe; ring toe; outer toe (bird)
Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books
four gratitudes (to one's parents, all living beings, one's sovereign and the Three Jewels); four obligations
schools of the upper quartile; highly ranked schools
winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair
yotsugana; the four kana (ji, di, zu, du)
quadrennial; recurring every four years
four-letter word (vulgar English term, e.g. fuck)
yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)
four types of mandala (in Shingon)
quadrennial; recurring every four years
in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper
the four top party executives (of the LDP)
abomasum (fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant); maw; rennet-bag
from season to season; season by season; of each season; in each season
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
livery; servant's clothes provided by employers
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
quadrennial; recurring every four years
quadrennial; recurring every four years
four-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other); kimono made for young children
Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim
tate-shiho-gatame (judo); vertical four-quarter hold
Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)
finger millet (Eleusine coracana)
mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
notation system for the sanshin
24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans 24-Hour Race
24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans 24-Hour Race
Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii); Horsfield's tortoise; Central Asian tortoise; steppe tortoise; four-toed tortoise
Chonowski's hornbeam (Carpinus tschonoskii)
carbon-14 dating; radiocarbon dating
carbon-14 dating; radiocarbon dating
four sides (boundaries) of a property
last quarter (of the year)
64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver
four-corner kanji character stroke classification system
quarterly earnings announcement
wrestler's favourite (favorite) grip on the belt
the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar
Chinese four-character phrase or idiomatic expression
euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo
fourth watch of the night (approx. 1am to 3am)
carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4)
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4)
varna (each of India's four castes)
sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora)
small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (Awaji Island, Shōdoshima, etc.)
four types of mandala (in Shingon)
round-off function; rounding
fourth generation language; 4GL
4-stringed biwa (Oriental lute)
the four major pollution-caused illnesses (Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, Itai-itai disease); four big pollution diseases of Japan
four grave prohibitions (killing, theft, adultery, and deceit)
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; EDTA
falling ill (esp. of a monk); illness
head, trunk, arms, and legs; the whole body
(arch.) fractional sampling; (arch.) method of quartering; (arch.) quartation; method of lunar calendar formulation
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi
four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)
plans for one's day, plans for one's year, plans for one's life, and plans for one's family
(the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife
the four drug-control laws of Japan
four large domesticated fishes (black carp, grass carp, bighead carp, and silver carp)
Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices
the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching)
intermediate switch (UK); crossover switch (UK); four-way switch (US)
the four great Japanese grammar texts (Yamada, Matsushita, Hashimoto and Tokieda)
every person has their eccentricities
every person has their eccentricities
harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; (lit.) a round egg can be cut into a square
the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)
ideal husband who is not overbearing, is not dependent on his wife, has a stable job and does not spend a lot of money
registration black (in printing)
the four loves (chrysanthemum, lotus, plum, and orchid; as painting subjects)
firstly vision, secondly footwork, thirdly courage, fourthly technique (the most important aspects of kendo)
four-color cards (Chinese playing cards); four-suited chess cards
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora); akashide
Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)
Chinese muntjac (species of barking deer, Muntiacus reevesi)
winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)
bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira); bluestripe seaperch
four-eyed fish (Anableps spp.)
four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis); chousingha
Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus); milu; elpahure