四: 1000 Terms and Phrases
- 四
- four
- four (chi:)
- Azuma
- Shinohara
- Yotsu
- CHAPTER IV
- IV--AN EXPLANATION FROM THE TOMB
- 四阿
- arbor
- arbour
- bower
- summer house
- square gazebo
- Aoka
- Azuka
- Azuma
- Adzuma
- 四囲
- surroundings
- circumference
- 四夷
- the surrounding barbarians (from Chinese)
- Shii
- 四海
- the whole world
- the seven seas
- Shikai
- Yotsumi
- 四気
- weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)
- 四季
- four seasons
- Shiki
- Yomogi
- 四球
- four balls
- base on balls (baseball)
- a walk
- 四凶
- the four inauspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
- 四強
- final four (in a tournament)
- 四苦
- the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death)
- 四計
- plans for one's day, plans for one's year, plans for one's life, and plans for one's family
- 四桁
- four-digit number
- thousands column
- 四月
- April
- four months
- Aburiru
- Watanuki
- 四股
- wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping
- 四胡
- sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
- 四光
- the collection of the four light cards
- Shikou
- 四更
- fourth watch of the night (approx. 1 am to 3 am)
- 四劫
- the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness)
- 四国
- Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
- Shikoku area
- Shikoku region
- 四散
- scattering (in all directions)
- 四肢
- limbs
- extremities
- extremity
- 四至
- four sides (boundaries) of a property
- Shishi
- 四時
- the four seasons
- 4 o'clock
- 四手
- zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
- hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
- Shide
- 四周
- periphery
- circumference
- 四衆
- 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
- Shishu (four categories of Buddhists or Buddhist priests)
- 四十
- forty
- Ai
- Aisaki
- Shijuu
- Yoso
- Yoto
- 四獣
- four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)
- four gods said to rule over the four directions
- 四書
- the Four Books (Confucian texts)
- 四象
- four images
- four symbols
- four emblems
- four phenomena
- four phases
- Shishou
- 四神
- four gods said to rule over the four directions
- four gods said to rule over the four seasons
- Four Symbols (Chinese constellation)
- 四瑞
- the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
- 四姓
- 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)
- 四聖
- the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)
- Shisho
- 四声
- four tones (of Chinese)
- Four tones (Chinese)
- 四川
- Sichuan (China)
- Szechuan
- Szechwan
- Yoshikawa
- 四則
- four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic
- four rules
- 四体
- head, trunk, arms, and legs
- the whole body
- 四大
- the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind)
- the human body
- Tao, heaven, earth and king
- university or college offering four-year programs
- 四諦
- The Four Noble Truths (of Buddhism)
- 四土
- four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
- 四日
- fourth day of month
- four days
- Yokka
- Yotsuka
- 四分
- divide into four pieces
- one fourth
- Shibu
- 四方
- every direction
- east, west, south and north
- four directions
- Shikata
- Shiho
- Shihou
- Yokata
- Yomo
- Yomokata
- Yomono
- 四房
- four tassels hung above the ring
- Shibou
- 四本
- four (long cylindrical things)
- Shihon
- Shimoto
- Yoshimoto
- Yotsumoto
- Yomoto
- 四魔
- the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings
- 四民
- the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants)
- the masses
- 四矢
- matched set of four arrows for target shooting
- 四有
- the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo
- 四緑
- fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)
- 四隣
- whole neighborhood
- whole neighbourhood
- surrounding countries
- 四霊
- the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
- Four benevolent animals
- 四曼
- four types of mandala (in Shingon)
- 十四
- 14
- fourteen
- Juushi
- Toshi
- 弥四
- showman
- charlatan
- faker
- quack
- 三四
- Sanshi
- Mitsushi
- Mitsuyo
- 四位
- Shii
- Shikurai
- Yoi
- Yotsui
- Yon'i
- 四家
- Shiie
- Shiike
- Shika
- Shiga
- Shike
- Shige
- Shinoya
- Shiya
- Shiyake
- Yoke
- Yotsuie
- Yotsuya
- Yonke
- 四釜
- Shikama
- Shigama
- Shiyama
- Yotsukama
- Yotsugama
- 四宮
- Shinomiya
- Shimiya
- Yotsumiya
- Yotsumomiya
- Yonomiya
- Yomiya
- Yonnomiya
- Yonmiya
- 四元
- Shigen
- Shimoto
- Yogen
- Yoshimoto
- Yotsumoto
- Yomoto
- 四戸
- Shiko
- Shito
- Shido
- Shinoe
- Shinoto
- Shinohe
- Yoshi
- Yotsuto
- Yotsudo
- Yotsunohe
- Yoto
- Yodo
- Yonnohe
- 四山
- Shizan
- Yoshiyama
- Yotsuyama
- 四条
- Shijou
- Shijoujiori
- Yojou
- Yonjou
- 四睡
- The Four Sleepers (Hanshan, Shi De and Fenggan sleeping together with a tiger, a common theme for Zen paintings)
- 四倉
- Shikura
- Shishikura
- Yokura
- Yotsukura
- Yonsou
- 四谷
- Shitani
- Shidani
- Yotsutani
- Yotsuya
- Yotsuya, Tokyo
- 四塚
- Shizuka
- Shidzuka
- Yotsuzuka
- Yotsudzuka
- 四辻
- Shitsuji
- Yotsuji
- Yotsutsuji
- 四島
- Shishima
- Shijima
- Yotsushima
- 四木
- Shiki
- Shigi
- Shimoku
- Yotsugi
- 四柳
- Shiyanagi
- Shiryuu
- Yotsuyanagi
- Yoyanagi
- 四葉
- Kuro-ba-
- Shiha
- Shiho
- Shiyou
- Yotsuba
- Yoha
- 四條
- Shishou
- Shijou
- Yojou
- Yonjou
- 四極
- quadrupolar
- quadripolar
- quadripole
- 四価
- tetravalent
- quadrivalent
- quadrivalence
- 四口
- Yotsu-no-kuchi (The Four Gates)
- 右四つ
- hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left
- 雨四光
- a collection of the rain and three non-rain light cards
- 熊四手
- Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
- 犬四手
- Chonowski's hornbeam (Carpinus tschonoskii)
- 工々四
- type of Ryuukyuu stringed instrument music
- 工工四
- type of Ryuukyuu stringed instrument music
- 左四つ
- hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
- 四つ角
- four corners
- crossroads
- 四つ身
- cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other)
- kimono made for young children
- 四つ辻
- crossroads
- intersection
- 四つ目
- four-eyed
- pattern of four squares
- Yotsume
- 四つ葉
- plant having four leaves on one stalk
- Yotsuba
- 四の二
- rolling a two and four (with two dice)
- six
- 四暗刻
- four concealed triplets (mahjong yakuman) (chi:)
- four concealed three-of-a-kinds
- 四王天
- heaven of the Four Great Kings
- one of the six heavens of the desire realm
- Shiouden
- Shinouten
- 四回生
- fourth year (college) student
- senior
- 四角形
- quadrilateral
- quadrangle
- tetragon
- Square
- Quadrilaterals
- rectangle
- rectangular
- 四角柱
- quadrangular prism
- square pole
- 四角豆
- winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)
- 四畿内
- the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi)
- obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi
- 四季施
- livery
- servant's clothes provided by employers
- 四脚門
- style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
- 四君子
- plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo
- Four Gentlemen
- 四月病
- euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work
- 四股名
- wrestler's stage name
- Shikona
- 四国稗
- finger millet (Eleusine coracana)
- 四死球
- four dead balls (baseball)
- 四次元
- fourth dimension
- four dimensions
- 四種姓
- varna (each of India's four castes)
- 四十肩
- shoulder pain (at about age forty)
- frozen shoulder
- 四十雀
- great tit (Parus major)
- 四十路
- age forty
- one's forties
- 四重禁
- four grave prohibitions (killing, theft, adultery, and deceit)
- 四重唱
- vocal quartet
- four-part chorus
- 四重奏
- instrumental quartet
- quartet(te)
- 四神獣
- four divine beasts
- guardian deities of the four cardinal points
- 四人組
- four man group
- quartet
- the Gang of Four
- 四足獣
- quadruped
- four-footed animal
- 四大節
- the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)
- 四天王
- the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana)
- the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
- 四等官
- four administrative positions (of the ritsuryo system: kami, suke, jou, sakan)
- Shitokan (four ranks of bureaucrats)
- Shitokan (four classifications of bureaucrats' ranks)
- 四年生
- fourth-year student
- Yoneo
- 四半期
- quarter (of a year)
- (fiscal quarter)
- Qtr
- This Quarter
- 四不像
- Pere David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
- milu
- elpahure
- 四部衆
- four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
- 四分儀
- quadrant (instrument)
- 四分法
- fractional sampling
- method of quartering
- quartation
- method of lunar calendar formulation
- mathod of quartering
- 四分六
- six to four ratio
- sixty-forty
- 四辺形
- quadrilateral
- quadrangle
- tetragon
- rectangle
- 四方竹
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo)
- Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
- 四方拝
- Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)
- Shihohai
- 四本足
- four-legged
- four legs
- 四本柱
- four posts that used to support the roof over the ring
- 四面体
- tetrahedron
- tetrahedral
- 四輪車
- automobile
- car
- four-wheeled vehicle
- 四六判
- paper size (127x188mm)
- duodecimo
- Shidroku-series
- Siroku-series
- Shiroku size
- 紙四手
- zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
- 十四日
- fourteenth day of the month
- fourteen days
- Toyohi
- 小四喜
- little four winds (mahjong) (chi:)
- winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind
- 赤四手
- loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora)
- akashide
- 大四喜
- big four winds (mahjong) (chi:)
- winning hand containing four kongs or pungs of winds
- 第四胃
- abomasum (fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant)
- maw
- rennet-bag
- 第四紀
- Quaternary period
- the Quaternary
- Quarternary
- quaternary era
- 単四形
- AAA 700 size (battery)
- 島四国
- small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (i.e. on Awaji Island)
- 乾四朗
- Inui Shirou (1940.3-)
- 吉四郎
- Kichishirou
- Yoshishirou
- 久四郎
- Kyuushirou
- Kiyuushirou
- Kushirou
- Hisashirou
- 匡四郎
- Kyoushirou
- Tadashirou
- 金四郎
- Kaneshirou
- Kinshirou
- Kinjirou
- 光四郎
- Koushirou
- Mitsushirou
- 恒四郎
- Koushirou
- Tsuneshirou
- 三四夫
- Mishio
- Mishio (Mishiwo)
- 三十四
- Satoshi
- Mitsutoshi
- Mitoshi
- Mitoji
- Mitoyo
- 四ケ所
- Shikasho
- Shikesho
- Yonkasho
- 四ッ橋
- Yobbashi
- Yotsuhashi
- Yotsubashi
- 四ッ口
- Yotsukuchi
- Yotsuguchi
- 四ツ橋
- Yotsuhashi
- Yotsubashi
- 四ツ車
- Yotsukuruma
- Yotsuguruma
- 四ノ宮
- Shinomiya
- Yotsunomiya
- Yonomiya
- Yonnomiya
- 四街道
- Yokkaidou
- Yotsukaidou
- 四宮駅
- Shinomiya Station (st)
- 四戸岸
- Shitokishi
- Shitogishi
- Yodogishi
- 四十三
- Shitomi
- Yosozou
- Yosomi
- 四十山
- Aiyama
- Shijuuyama
- Yosoyama
- 四十石
- Shijukkoku
- Shijutsukoku
- 四十谷
- Aitani
- Shijuutani
- Maitani
- 四十塚
- Shijuudzuka
- Yosodzuka
- 四十島
- Shijuushima
- Shijuujima
- 四十八
- Shitoya
- Yosohachi
- Yosoya
- 四十物
- Aimono
- Shijuubutsu
- Shitomono
- Yosobutsu
- Yosomotsu
- Yotomono
- 四条西
- Shijounishi
- Yonjounishi
- 四条町
- Shijouchou
- Shijo-cho:
- 四条通
- Shijoudoori
- Shijo-dori Street
- 四条東
- Shijouhigashi
- Yonjouhigashi
- 四条南
- Shijouminami
- Yonjouminami
- 四条北
- Shijoukita
- Yonjoukita
- 四条稔
- Yojou Minoru (h) (1966.9.27-)
- 四全総
- Yonzensou
- The Fourth Comprehensive National Development Plan
- 四谷町
- Yotsuyachou
- Yotsuyamachi
