noun:

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

noun:

• fourth court rank

noun:

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

noun:

• matched set of four arrows for target shooting

noun:

• four-digit number; thousands column

noun:

• ladder (in go)

noun / ~の noun:

• fourfold

noun:

• four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara) - Buddhism term

noun:

• sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)

noun:

• weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)

noun:

• four gods said to rule over the four directions
• (in China) four gods said to rule over the four seasons

noun:

• four images; four symbols; four emblems; four phenomena; four phases

noun:

• four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)
• four gods said to rule over the four directions ➜ 四神

noun:

• Four Barbarians; derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China - derogatory term ➜ 東夷【あずまえびす】・西戎【せいじゅう】

noun:

• the four seasons

~の noun:

• four-wheeled

noun:

• the Four Books (Confucian texts)

noun:

• university or college offering four-year programs - abbr. of 四年制大学 - abbreviation

noun:

• 4 o'clock

noun:

• the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology - obscure term ➜ 麒麟【きりん】・鳳凰【ほうおう】・霊亀【れいき】・応竜【おうりゅう】

noun / ~する noun:

• periphery; circumference

noun:

• the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind) - Buddhism term
• the human body
• Tao, heaven, earth and king

noun:

• four legs; four-legged; quadruped

noun:

• four-wheel drive - abbreviation ➜ 四輪駆動

noun:

• four types of mandala (in Shingon) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅