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noun
1.
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana)(Buddhist term)
2.
the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
noun
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wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands(sumo term)
noun
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forty-ninth day after a person's death(yojijukugo)
noun, auxillary suru verb
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torn asunder, disrupted and disorganized(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
四分五裂【しぶごれつ】
adverbial noun, noun
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around the clock, day and night(because 4 x 6 = 24)
noun
1.
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
2.
hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)(only relevant for 四手 and 垂)
Other readings:
垂【しで】
、紙垂【しで】
、紙垂【かみしで】
、椣【しで】
、紙四手【かみしで】
noun
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arbor, arbour, bower, summer house, square gazebo
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四阿【あずまや】
、あずま屋【あずまや】
noun
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Four Barbarians, derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China(derogatory)
noun
1.
four ordinal directions
See also:四隅
2.
four cardinal principles of the state (propriety, justice, integrity, sense of shame)(only relevant for しい)(from Guanzi)
Other readings:
四維【しゆい】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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four sides (boundaries) of a property(archaism)
Other readings:
四至【しし】
、四至【しじ】
noun
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silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4)
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四塩化珪素【しえんかけいそ】
expression
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people in the whole world being all brothers, universal brotherhood(yojijukugo)
noun
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quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon(mathematics)
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四角形【しかっけい】
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be square, to be angular
2.
to be formal, to be stiff, to be strict
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四角ばる【しかくばる】
noun
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winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)(usually kana)
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シカクマメ
noun
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April Theses, series of directives issued by Lenin after his return from exile
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４月テーゼ【しがつテーゼ】
noun
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weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)
adverb, no-adjective, noun
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from season to season, season by season, of each season, in each season(yojijukugo)
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四季折折【しきおりおり】
noun
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livery, servant's clothes provided by employers
Other readings:
為着【しきせ】
、仕着【しきせ】
、四季施【しきせ】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
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the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi), obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi(archaism)
See also:五畿内
expression, noun
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passage of the seasons, change of the four seasons
noun
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style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
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四脚門【よつあしもん】
noun
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plans for one's day, plans for one's year, plans for one's life, and plans for one's family
noun
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noun
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land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%(archaism, yojijukugo)
noun
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Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples), Shikoku pilgrim
See also:四国八十八箇所
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四国順礼【しこくじゅんれい】
noun
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Shikoku region (incl. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)
noun
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88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)
noun
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finger millet (Eleusine coracana)(usually kana)
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シコクビエ
noun
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Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples), Shikoku pilgrim
See also:四国巡礼
noun
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wrestler's stage name(usually kana, sumo term)
Other readings:
しこな《醜名》
、しこな《しこ名》
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
1.
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
2.
four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices)
3.
the four assemblies(in Tendai)
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四衆【ししゅう】
noun
1.
four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)
2.
four gods said to rule over the four directions
See also:四神
noun
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great tit (Parus major)(usually kana)
Other readings:
しじゅうがら《四十雀》
、シジュウカラ
、シジュウガラ
noun
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シジュウカラガン
noun
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four grave prohibitions (killing, theft, adultery, and deceit)(Buddhist term)
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四重禁【しじゅうごん】
noun
1.
the 48 basic techniques(yojijukugo, sumo term)
2.
every trick in the book
3.
the 48 basic sexual positions(colloquialism)
expression
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at age forty, one has no doubts(yojijukugo)(from Confucius)
noun
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four types of mandala (in Shingon)(Buddhist term)
noun
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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)
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四色定理【よんしょくていり】
noun
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the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, the Nine Chinese Classics(yojijukugo)
noun
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the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching)
noun
1.
four gods said to rule over the four directions
2.
(in China) four gods said to rule over the four seasons
noun
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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(yojijukugo)
noun
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the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology(obscure)
noun
1.
the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
2.
varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
See also:ヴァルナ