noun:

• The Four Noble Truths (of Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 苦集滅道

noun:

• yodan verb conjugation; verb conjugation of classical Japanese - Linguistics term ➜ 五段活用

noun:

• Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan ➜ 四川【しせん】

expression:

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

noun:

• tetrapod; quadruped

noun:

• the whole world; the seven seas

expression:

• At forty, one has no doubts. (Confucius) - four character idiom

noun:

• love-sickness

noun:

• Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim ➜ 四国巡礼

noun:

• four tassels hung above the ring - Sumo term

noun:

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

noun:

• wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping - Sumo term

noun:

• fourth court rank

noun:

• Tetrapoda

noun:

• the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology - obscure term ➜ 麒麟・鳳凰・霊亀・応竜

noun:

• Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim ➜ 四国八十八箇所

noun:

• Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

noun:

• four posts that used to support the roof over the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• matched set of four arrows for target shooting

noun:

• four-digit number; thousands column

noun:

• ladder (in go)

noun:

• livery; servant's clothes provided by employers

noun:

• pentatonic scale - Music term

noun:

• 88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)

noun:

• shoulder pain (at about age forty)