four (long cylindrical things)
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
24th day of the month; 24 days
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
four characters; four letters
quadruped walking; walking on four legs
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)
four-wheel-drive car; 4WD car
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
semifinalists; final four (in a tournament)
quadruple time; four-four time; common time; the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)
coach and four; four horse coach
fourth year (college) student; senior
the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching
four 20-point cards (scoring combination)
the fourth estate; the proletariat
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
(four) cardinal humors; cardinal humours
the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
quadrennial; recurring every four years; lasting four years
720ml bottle (of alcohol)
four-letter word (esp. in English)
humorism (ancient system of medicine); humoralism; humoral theory
four-wheeled light vehicle
four-wheeled light vehicle
Fourth Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating organized crime and the yakuza
sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
four-color problem; four-color map problem
four-fold hardship; quadruple whammy
April 16 incident (arrests of communists and members of other anti-government groups; 1929)
the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India, and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
fourth quarter (of the year)
the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
four-color theorem; four-color map theorem
fourth ventricle; brain structure
four-letter word (vulgar English term, e.g. fuck)
abomasum (fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant); maw; rennet-bag
fourth toe; ring toe; outer toe (bird)
the four top party executives (of the LDP)
Four Great Inventions (of China: the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing)
fourth generation language; 4GL
the four great Japanese grammar texts (Yamada, Matsushita, Hashimoto and Tokieda)
four large domesticated fishes (black carp, grass carp, bighead carp, and silver carp)
ideal husband who is not overbearing, is not dependent on his wife, has a stable job and does not spend a lot of money
the four major pollution-caused illnesses (Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, Itai-itai disease); four big pollution diseases of Japan
the four drug-control laws of Japan
registration black (in printing)
thirty-four (orig. thirty-three) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture
fabulous fours (age); fantastic fours; (lit.) angelic fours
Category IV infectious disease
six-three-three-four system of education (six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior high school and four years of university)
fourth quarter (of a year)
B4 paper size (257 mm x 364 mm)
intermediate switch (UK); crossover switch (UK); four-way switch (US)
Fourth Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating organized crime and the yakuza