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Words with 四

Kanji 四, meaning four, appears in 422 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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四七抜き

よなぬき

pentatonic scale

四捨五入機能

ししゃごにゅうきのう

round-off function

四手の木

しでのき

loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora)

四種

ししゅ

four kinds

四種姓

ししゅせい

varna (each of India's four castes)

四種曼荼羅

ししゅまんだら

four types of mandala (in Shingon)

四周

ししゅう

periphery

四衆

ししゅ

four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices)

四十肩

しじゅうかた

shoulder pain occurring in one's 40s

四十七士

しじゅうしちし

The 47 Ronin

四十雀

しじゅうから

Japanese tit (Parus minor)

四十雀雁

しじゅうからがん

Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)

四十代

よんじゅうだい

(one's) 40s

四十八手

しじゅうはって

every trick in the book

四十不惑

しじゅうふわく

at age forty, one has no doubts

四十路

よそじ

age forty

四獣

しじゅう

four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)

四重

しじゅう

fourfold

四重禁

しじゅうきん

four grave prohibitions (killing, theft, adultery, and deceit)

四重苦

よんじゅうく

four-fold hardship

四重唱

しじゅうしょう

vocal quartet

四旬節

しじゅんせつ

Lent

四書

ししょ

the Four Books (Confucian texts)

四書五経

ししょごきょう

the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism

四女

よんじょ

fourth-born daughter

四象

ししょう

four images

四条派

しじょうは

Shijō school of Japanese painting (late Edo period)

四畳半趣味

よじょうはんしゅみ

enjoying food, drink and entertainment in a small room

四色ベタ

よんしょくベタ

registration black (in printing)

四色定理

ししょくていり

four-color theorem

四色牌

スーソーパイ

four-color cards (Chinese playing cards)

四色問題

ししょくもんだい

four-color problem

四神

しじん

four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions

四神獣

しじんじゅう

four divine beasts

四神相応

しじんそうおう

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

四診

ししん

the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching)

四人組

よにんぐみ

the Gang of Four

四瑞

しずい

the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology

四世

よんせい

four generations

四姓

しせい

the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)

四生

ししょう

the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously)

四聖

しせい

the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)

四聖諦

ししょうたい

The Four Noble Truths

四声

しせい

four tones (of Chinese)

四川省

しせんしょう

Sichuan (China)

四川農業大学

しせんのうぎょうだいがく

Sichuan Agricultural University

四川料理

しせんりょうり

Szechuan cuisine

四相

しそう

four essential elements of existence (birth, ageing, illness and death)

四則

しそく

four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic

四則演算

しそくえんざん

four arithmetic operations

四足

しそく

four legs

四足獣

しそくじゅう

quadruped

四足動物

しそくどうぶつ

tetrapod

四足歩行

しそくほこう

quadruped walking

四体

したい

head, trunk, arms, and legs

四体液

したいえき

(four) cardinal humors

四体液説

したいえきせつ

humorism (ancient system of medicine)

四大

よんだい

university or college offering four-year programs

四大

しだい

Tao, heaven, earth and king

四大家魚

よんだいかぎょ

four large domesticated fishes (black carp, grass carp, bighead carp, and silver carp)

四大奇書

しだいきしょ

Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Water Margin, and The Plum in the Golden Vase)

四大元素

よんだいげんそ

the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)

四大公害病

よんだいこうがいびょう

the four major pollution-caused illnesses (Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, Itai-itai disease)

四大節

しだいせつ

the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)

四大大会

よんだいたいかい

the four most important tournaments in a particular sport

四大発明

よんだいはつめい

Four Great Inventions (of China: the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing)

四大不調

しだいふちょう

falling ill (esp. of a monk)

四大文法

よんだいぶんぽう

the four great Japanese grammar texts (Yamada, Matsushita, Hashimoto and Tokieda)

四大文明

よんだいぶんめい

the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

四谷怪談

よつやかいだん

Yotsuyakaidan

四炭糖

よんたんとう

tetrose

四端

したん

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

四段活用

よだんかつよう

yodan verb conjugation

四男

よんなん

fourth son

四柱推命

しちゅうすいめい

Four Pillar astrology

四丁

しちょう

ladder

四通八達

しつうはったつ

traffic network extending in all directions

四辻

よつじ

crossroads

四低男子

よんていだんし

ideal husband who is not overbearing, is not dependent on his wife, has a stable job and does not spend a lot of money

四諦

したい

The Four Noble Truths

四天王寺国際仏教大学

してんのうじこくさいぶっきょうだいがく

Shitennōji International Buddhist University

四電工

よんでんこう

Yondenko Corporation

四度

しど

four times

四土

しど

four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)

四当五落

よんとうごらく

sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)

四等官

しとうかん

four administrative positions (of the ritsuryō system: kami, suke, jou, sakan)

四糖

よんとう

tetrasaccharide

四日市看護医療大学

よっかいちかんごいりょうだいがく

Yokkaichi Nursing and Medical Care University

四日市大学

よっかいちだいがく

Yokkaichi University

四年

よねん

four years

四年生

よねんせい

fourth-year student

四念処

しねんじょ

satipatthana

四馬

しば

four-horse carriage

四倍

よんばい

four times (as much)

四倍体

しばいたい

tetraploid

四拍子

しびょうし

the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)

四半

しはん

square (piece of) cloth

四半期収益

しはんきしゅうえき

quarterly earnings