the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
① 形状が四角である。② 角ばっている。③ 型にはまっている。
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
four (long cylindrical things)
divide into four pieces; one fourth
around the clock; day and night
① 四角形、特に正方形や長方形。また □、■などそのような記号。② 角ばっていること。③ 型にはまっていること。
① 四回。② 温度、角度を表す単位「度」四つ分の大きさ。③ 《音響学》基準音の3/4倍の波長（4/3倍の周波数）を持つ音。完全四度。④ 《音楽》サブドミナント。【純正調で】音響学に同じ。ただし、下の音程（音響学の逆数）も含む。【平均律で】１オクターブを12等分したときの５半音。これらの定義が基準で、これを減じたり増じたりしたものを含む。⑤ 《仏教 しど》 「四度加行」の略。
the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
to grumble about something (trivial)
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
① いずれも同一直線上にない4つの線分により構成される閉じた図形。4つの頂点と4つの辺をもつ。記号□。
① いずれも同一直線上にない4つの線分により構成される閉じた図形。4つの頂点と4つの辺をもつ。記号□。
the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king
forty-ninth day after a person's death
① 仏教の根本にある四つの概念（思想）。「諸行無常」、「諸法無我」、「涅槃寂静」、「一切皆苦」（一切行苦）の四つ。（「諸行無常印」のような言い方もある。）→法印（名詞）1。
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings
① 周り。周囲。② 一周の四倍。角度の千四百四十度。
four balls; base on balls; a walk
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses
the four inauspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
four-of-a-kind and a pair in a dealt hand
① 1年を24等分し、その分割点を含む日に立春から交互に節気・中気を設け、それぞれに季節を表す名称を付したもの。二十四気あるは単に節気ともいう。
shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm); duodecimo
① 加法、減法、乗法、除法の基本的な4種類の計算。
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
① 天体の日・月・星・辰。② 易学で、太陽・太陰・少陰・少陽。③ 地中の水・火・土・石。
six to four ratio; sixty-forty
the Four Books (Confucian texts)
rolling a two and four (with two dice); six
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness)
traffic network extending in all directions
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
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)
the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni
the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness); the four sprouts
720ml bottle (of alcohol)
four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear); four gods said to rule over the four directions
heaven of the Four Great Kings; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm); duodecimo
four administrative positions (of the ritsuryo system: kami, suke, jou, sakan)
Four Barbarians; derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China
bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen
vocal quartet; four-part chorus
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
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
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)
schools of the upper quartile; highly ranked schools
Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books
four gratitudes (to one's parents, all living beings, one's sovereign and the Three Jewels); four obligations
four-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)
mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
four sides (boundaries) of a property
weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)
firstly vision, secondly footwork, thirdly courage, fourthly technique (the most important aspects of kendo)
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
① 複素数を拡張した概念。実数a,b,c,dとi^2=j^2=k^2=ijk=-1を満たす3つの虚数単位を用いて、ai+bj+ck+dの形に表される。
the four loves (chrysanthemum, lotus, plum, and orchid; as painting subjects)
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4)
① 仏教において、人が生まれてから転生するまでの期間を四つに分類した語。生有（生まれる瞬間）、本有（生まれてから死ぬまでの期間）、死有（死ぬ瞬間）、中有（死んでから転生するまでの期間）の総称。
plans for one's day, plans for one's year, plans for one's life, and plans for one's family
four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4)
varna (each of India's four castes)
sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; EDTA
four types of mandala (in Shingon)
head, trunk, arms, and legs; the whole body
the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
fourth watch of the night (approx. 1am to 3am)