four (long cylindrical things)
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
four characters; four letters
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
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 fourth estate; the proletariat
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
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
720ml bottle (of alcohol)
humorism (ancient system of medicine); humoralism
four-wheeled light vehicle
four-wheeled light vehicle
four-letter word (esp. in English)
sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India, and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
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 (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)
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
the four top party executives (of the LDP)
fourth toe; ring toe; outer toe (bird)
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)
intermediate switch (UK); crossover switch (UK); four-way switch (US)