the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
four (long cylindrical things)
dividing into four; quartering
around the clock; day and night
the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
fourth dimension; four dimensions; 4D
the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king
forty-ninth day after a person's death
Four Perils (malevolent beings)
the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings
(complaining about) this and that; one thing or another
the four signs of orthodox Buddhism
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
base on balls; walk; pass
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
four-of-a-kind and a pair in a dealt hand
the four social classes (of Edo-period Japan; samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants)
the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death)
four images; four symbols; four emblems; four phenomena; four phases
24 solar stems (terms used to denote the changing of the seasons); 24 divisions of the Chinese solar year
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm); duodecimo
four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic
the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching
six to four ratio; sixty-forty
the Four Books (Confucian texts)
four strings; four-stringed instrument; biwa
rolling a two and four (with two dice); six
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
four strings; four-stringed instrument; biwa
the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness)
(four) cardinal humors; cardinal humours
traffic network extending in all directions
the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni
Shijō school of Japanese painting (late Edo period)
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
the four Hindu castes; the four great families of the Heian period (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
the four Hindu castes; the four great families of the Heian period (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness); the four sprouts
four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear); four gods said to rule over the four directions
720ml bottle (of alcohol)
heaven of the Four Great Kings; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm); duodecimo
four-color problem; four-color map problem
four administrative positions (of the ritsuryō system: kami, suke, jou, sakan)
Four Barbarians (non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China)
bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen
four essential elements of existence (birth, ageing, illness and death); four-phase; quadri-phase
vocal quartet; four-part chorus
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
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
quartet; quartette; piece in four parts or voices
four-color theorem; four-color map theorem
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
Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
si he yuan (traditional Chinese residential building)
Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books
carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)
four-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)
April 16 incident (arrests of communists and members of other anti-government groups; 1929)
nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
four sides (boundaries) of a property
weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)
firstly vision, secondly footwork, thirdly courage, fourthly technique (the most important aspects of kendo)
Shikoku Gakuin University
Honshi Kaikyō Bus Company
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
the four loves (chrysanthemum, lotus, plum, and orchid; as painting subjects)
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4)
the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo
plans for one's day, plans for one's year, plans for one's life, and plans for one's family
elegant classical Chinese prose employing antitheses using four and six-character compound words
four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4)
varna (each of India's four castes)
sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; EDTA
four types of mandala (in Shingon)
Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus); milu; elpahure
head, trunk, arms, and legs; the whole body
Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi; made obsolete in 757)
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
fourth watch of the night (approx. 1am to 3am)