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noun
the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow(archaism, astronomy term)
See also:北斗七星

noun
four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic

noun
four legs, four-legged, quadruped

noun
head, trunk, arms, and legs, the whole body(archaism)

noun
The Four Noble Truths(Buddhist term)
See also:苦集滅道

noun
1.
the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind)(Buddhist term)
2.
the human body
3.
Tao, heaven, earth and king

noun
the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)
See also:紀元節,  四方拝,  天長節,  明治節

noun
the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness), the four sprouts

noun
Four Pillar astrology, originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth(yojijukugo)

noun
ladder (in go)(usually kana)
Other readings:
しちょう《征》
シチョウ

noun, auxillary suru verb
traffic network extending in all directions(yojijukugo)

noun
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora)(obscure)
See also:赤四手

noun
1.
four times(only relevant for 4度 and 四度)
2.
four colour process printing (color), CMYK printing(only relevant for よんど)
Other readings:
4度【よんど】
4°【しど】
4°【よんど】
四度【しど】
四度【よんど】

noun
four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)(Buddhist term)

noun
four administrative positions (of the ritsuryo system: kami, suke, jou, sakan)
See also:律令制

noun
1.
rolling a two and four (with two dice)
2.
six(humerous)

noun
four-horse carriage
Other readings:
駟馬【しめ】
四馬【しば】
四馬【しめ】

noun
quarter note, crotchet(music term)
Other readings:
四分音符【しぶんおんぷ】

noun
four tassels hung above the ring(sumo term)

noun
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)(obscure)
See also:四衆

noun
Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), milu, elpahure(usually kana)
Other readings:
シフゾウ

noun, auxillary suru verb
divide into four pieces, one fourth

noun
1.
fractional sampling, method of quartering, quartation(archaism)
2.
method of lunar calendar formulation

noun
1.
neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity
2.
all sides, frontiers (of a country)
3.
four sides (of a shape)

noun
quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon(mathematics)

noun
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
See also:反台鉋
Other readings:
四方反り鉋【しほうそりかんな】
四方反りかんな【しほうそりかんな】
四方反かんな【しほうそりかんな】

noun
Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo), Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

noun
Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)

noun
four posts that used to support the roof over the ring(sumo term)

noun
the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings(Buddhist term)
See also:煩悩魔,  陰魔,  死魔,  天魔

noun
four types of mandala (in Shingon)(abbreviation, Buddhist term)

noun
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants), the masses

noun, no-adjective
being surrounded by enemies on all sides, being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody(yojijukugo)

noun
whole neighborhood, whole neighbourhood, surrounding countries

noun
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology(obscure)
See also:麒麟,  鳳凰,  霊亀,  応竜

noun
fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)
See also:九星

noun
shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm), duodecimo
Other readings:
四六版【しろくばん】
4/6判【しろくばん】

noun
four concealed triplets (yakuman), four concealed three-of-a-kinds(mahjong term)

noun
winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair(mahjong term)

noun
wind tiles(mahjong term)
Other readings:
四風牌【スーふうはい】

noun
four-digit number, thousands column

noun
fourth dimension, four dimensions
Other readings:
四次元【しじげん】

よじげん
yojigenpoketto
noun
4D pocket, magical pocket that can hold any item(from the anime/manga Doraemon)

noun
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
Other readings:
4字熟語【よじじゅくご】

noun
bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira), bluestripe seaperch(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヨスジフエダイ

noun
yodan verb conjugation, verb conjugation of classical Japanese(linguistics)
See also:五段活用

noun
four-on-the-floor, four-to-the-floor(music term)
Other readings:
4つ打ち【よつうち】

よっいち
yokkaichizensoku
noun
Yokkaichi asthma
Other readings:
四日市喘息【よっかいちぜんそく】

noun
yotsugana, the four kana (ji, di, zu, du)(linguistics)(じ,ぢ,ず,づ)

noun
crossroads, intersection, crossway, carrefour
Other readings:
四辻【よつじ】
四つ辻【よつつじ】

よっゆう
yottsunojiyuu
expression, noun
the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)

noun
fundamental interactions, four fundamental forces of nature(physics term)
Other readings:
4つの力【よっつのちから】

noun
four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), chousingha(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヨツヅノレイヨウ

yotsunikumu
expression, Godan-mu verb
to come to grapples with

noun
4-stringed biwa (Oriental lute)(archaism)
See also:琵琶

noun, no-adjective
plant having four leaves on one stalk

noun
crawling on all fours, getting on one's hands and knees, falling flat
Other readings:
四つばい【よつばい】

noun
Chamisso's lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヨツバシオガマ

noun
1.
cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other)(sumo term)
2.
kimono made for young children

noun
four-eyed, pattern of four squares

noun
four-eyed fish (Anableps spp.)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヨツメウオ

noun
Chinese muntjac (species of barking deer, Muntiacus reevesi)(usually kana, obscure)
See also:キョン
Other readings:
ヨツメジカ

noun
matched set of four arrows for target shooting

noun
Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii), Horsfield's tortoise, Central Asian tortoise, steppe tortoise, four-toed tortoise(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヨツユビリクガメ

yotsunbai
noun
crawling on all fours, getting on one's hands and knees, falling flat
Other readings:
四つん這い【よっつんばい】[1]
四つんばい【よつんばい】
四つんばい【よっつんばい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage
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