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Search Terms: *四*
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noun
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the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
noun
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big four winds, winning hand containing four kongs or pungs of winds(mahjong term)
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大四喜【だいスーシー】
expression, noun
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fourth wall (in fiction)
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第四の壁【だいよんのかべ】
noun
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Yom Kippur War, fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
noun
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abomasum (fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant), maw, rennet-bag
noun
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fourth toe, ring toe, outer toe (bird)(medical term, anatomical term)
noun
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fourth generation language, 4GL(computer term)
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第四世代言語【だいよんせだいげんご】
noun
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縦四方固【たてしほうがため】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
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carbon-14
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炭素一四【たんそじゅうし】
、炭素十四【たんそじゅうし】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
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carbon-14 dating, radiocarbon dating
See also:放射性炭素年代測定
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炭素一四法【たんそじゅうしほう】
、炭素十四法【たんそじゅうしほう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
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AAA battery, AAA cell(abbreviation)(abbr. of 単四型乾電池)
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単四【たんよん】
noun
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being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance, six of one and half a dozen of another(yojijukugo)
noun
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the common run of men, the average Joe, good-for-nothing (person)(yojijukugo)
noun, no-adjective
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藤四郎【とうしろう】
、籐四郎【とうしろ】
、籐四郎【とうしろう】
、トーシロー
expression
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every person has their eccentricities(proverb)
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なくて七癖あって四十八癖【なくてななくせあってしじゅうはっくせ】
expression
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mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
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西向く侍【にしむくさむらい】
、西向く士【にしむくさむらい】
、西向くさむらい【にしむくさむらい】
noun
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the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar(yojijukugo)
noun
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Twenty-Four Histories, authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books
See also:二十五史
noun
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24 divisions of the solar year, 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons
noun
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Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices(Buddhist term)
noun
1.
many(Buddhist term)(only relevant for 八万四千 and はちまんしせん)
numeric
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84,000
Other readings:
八万四千【はちまんしせん】
、８万４千【はちまんよんせん】
、８万４千【はちまんしせん】
、８４０００【はちまんよんせん】
、８４０００【はちまんしせん】
noun
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in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper(yojijukugo)
noun
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the four northern islands (held by Russia), south Kuril Islands, northern territories
expression
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harsh words make the going rough, consider your words, a round egg can be cut into a square(proverb)
noun
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the four drug-control laws of Japan
noun
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stall-keeper (esp. at a festival), street vendor, hawker, seller of unreliable merchandise, faker, huckster
See also:的屋 (てきや)
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野師【やし】
、弥四【やし】
noun
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yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)(martial arts)
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横四方固【よこしほうがため】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
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4D pocket, magical pocket that can hold any item(from the anime/manga Doraemon)
noun
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four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
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４字熟語【よじじゅくご】
noun
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bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira), bluestripe seaperch(usually kana)
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ヨスジフエダイ
noun
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noun
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four-on-the-floor, four-to-the-floor(music term)
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４つ打ち【よつうち】
noun
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crossroads, intersection, crossway, carrefour
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四辻【よつじ】
、四つ辻【よつつじ】
expression, noun
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the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)
noun
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４つの力【よっつのちから】
noun
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four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), chousingha(usually kana)
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ヨツヅノレイヨウ
noun
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crawling on all fours, getting on one's hands and knees, falling flat
See also:四つん這い (よつんばい)
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四つばい【よつばい】
noun
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Chamisso's lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica)(usually kana)
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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
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ヨツメジカ
noun
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Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii), Horsfield's tortoise, Central Asian tortoise, steppe tortoise, four-toed tortoise(usually kana)
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ヨツユビリクガメ
noun
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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:
- word containing irregular kana usage
expression, adverb
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best regards, please remember me, please treat me favorably (favourably), please take care of(slang)(pun on 宜しく; orig. used by young bike-riding delinquents; now oft. joc.)
See also:宜しく
Other readings:
夜露四苦【よろしく】[1]
、夜呂死苦【よろしく】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
prenominal
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quadrennial, recurring every four years
Other readings:
四カ年【よんかねん】
、四ヵ年【よんかねん】
、四ヶ年【よんかねん】
、四か年【よんかねん】
、四ケ年【よんかねん】
、４箇年【よんかねん】
、４カ年【よんかねん】
、４ヵ年【よんかねん】
、４ヶ年【よんかねん】
、４か年【よんかねん】
、４ケ年【よんかねん】
noun
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registration black (in printing)
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四色ベタ【よんしょくベタ】
noun
1.
university or college offering four-year programs(abbreviation)(abbr. of 四年制大学)
prefix
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the big four ..., the four major ...
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４大【よんだい】
noun
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four large domesticated fishes (black carp, grass carp, bighead carp, and silver carp)
noun
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the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)