| This kanji has 5 strokes: 3 strokes in the "enclosure" radical 囗 (くにがまえ) and 2 other strokes | ||
| Sample Compounds (200): | ||
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四十七士 しじゅうしちし |
The 47 Ronin |
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2.
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四肢 しし |
limbs, extremities |
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3.
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四球 しきゅう |
four balls, base on balls (baseball), a walk |
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4.
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四つ角 よつかど |
four corners, crossroads |
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5.
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四輪車 よんりんしゃ |
automobile, car |
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6.
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四隅 よすみ |
four corners |
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7.
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四半期 しはんき |
quarter (of a year) |
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8.
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四月 しがつ |
April |
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9.
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四方 しほう |
every direction |
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10.
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二十四時間制 にじゅうよじかんせい |
around-the-clock system |
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11.
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四千 よんせん |
four thousand |
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12.
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四角 しかく |
square |
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13.
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四角い しかくい |
square, rectangular |
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14.
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四捨五入 ししゃごにゅう |
rounding up (esp. fractions) |
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15.
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十四 じゅうし |
14, fourteen |
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16.
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四重奏 しじゅうそう |
instrumental quartet |
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17.
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四百 よんひゃく |
four hundred |
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18.
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真四角 ましかく |
square |
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19.
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四 し |
four |
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20.
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四本 よんほん |
four (long cylindrical things) |
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21.
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四季 しき |
four seasons |
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22.
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四畳半 よじょうはん |
4.5 tatami mats |
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23.
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六十四分音符 ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ |
64th note |
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24.
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四 よん |
four |
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25.
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四つ よっつ |
four |
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26.
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四十 よんじゅう |
forty |
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27.
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四死球 ししきゅう |
four dead balls (baseball) |
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28.
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四日 よっか |
4th day of month, four days |
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29.
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四塩化ケイ素 しえんかケイそ |
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4) |
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30.
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四分五裂 しぶごれつ |
torn asunder, disrupted and disorganized |
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31.
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炭素一四法 たんそじゅうしほう |
carbon-14 dating, radiocarbon dating |
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32.
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四つん這い よっつんばい |
(crawl) on all fours, on one''s hands and feet, falling flat |
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33.
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四年生 よねんせい |
student in his (her) fourth year, fourth-year student |
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34.
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四葉塩竈 よつばしおがま |
Chamisso''s lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica) |
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35.
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まっ四角 まっしかく |
square |
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36.
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四脚門 よつあしもん |
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof |
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37.
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四人 よたり |
four people |
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38.
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四塩化珪素 しえんかけいそ |
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4) |
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39.
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四十雀 しじゅうから |
great tit (Parus major) |
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40.
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四分五裂 しぶんごれつ |
torn asunder, disrupted and disorganized |
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41.
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張三李四 ちょうさんりし |
the common run of men, the average Joe, good-for-nothing (person) |
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42.
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四つん這い よつんばい |
(crawl) on all fours, on one''s hands and feet, falling flat |
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43.
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四肢五体 ししごたい |
the (one''s) whole body |
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44.
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四倍体 しばいたい |
tetraploid |
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45.
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四輪駆動 よんりんくどう |
four-wheel drive |
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46.
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一天四海 いってんしかい |
the world, the universe |
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47.
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四人 よったり |
four people |
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48.
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四塩化珪素 しえんかケイそ |
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4) |
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49.
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四十雀 しじゅうがら |
great tit (Parus major) |
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50.
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四分六 しぶろく |
six to four ratio, sixty-forty |
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51.
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朝三暮四 ちょうさんぼし |
being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance |
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52.
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四字熟語 よじじゅくご |
four-character idiomatic compounds |
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53.
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四倍体 よんばいたい |
tetraploid |
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54.
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四輪駆動車 よんりんくどうしゃ |
four-wheel-drive car |
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55.
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右四つ みぎよつ |
sumo hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left |
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56.
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四苦八苦 しくはっく |
being in dire distress, being hard put to it |
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57.
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四人 よにん |
four people |
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58.
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四塩化炭素 しえんかたんそ |
carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) |
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59.
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四十雀雁 しじゅうからがん |
Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia) |
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60.
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四文字語 よもじご |
four-letter word (English) |
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61.
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長四角 ながしかく |
rectangle |
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62.
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四つ子 よつご |
quadruplets |
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63.
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四字成句 よじせいく |
Chinese four-character phrase or idiomatic expression |
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64.
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四拍子 しびょうし |
quadruple time |
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65.
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下四半期 しもしはんき |
last quarter (of the year) |
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66.
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四人組 よにんぐみ |
four man group, the Gang of Four |
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67.
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四海 しかい |
the whole world, the seven seas |
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68.
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四十八手 しじゅうはって |
the 48 basic sumo techniques, every trick in the book |
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69.
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四辺 しへん |
four-sided |
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70.
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得意四つ とくいよつ |
sumo wrestler''s favourite (favorite) grip on the belt |
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71.
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四つ手網 よつであみ |
four-armed scoop net |
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72.
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四時 しじ |
the four seasons |
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73.
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四拍子 よんびょうし |
quadruple time |
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74.
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四隣 しりん |
whole neighborhood, whole neighbourhood, surrounding countries |
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75.
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熊四手 くましで |
Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica) |
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76.
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四桁 よけた |
four-digit number, thousands column |
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77.
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四姓 しせい |
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) |
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四海兄弟 しかいけいてい |
people in the whole world being all brothers, universal brotherhood |
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79.
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四十不惑 しじゅうふわく |
At forty, one has no doubts. (Confucius) |
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80.
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四辺形 しへんけい |
quadrilateral |
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81.
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二十四気 にじゅうしき |
the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar |
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82.
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四つ身 よつみ |
cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other) (sumo), kimono made for young children |
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83.
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四時 よじ |
4 o''clock |
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84.
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四六時中 しろくじちゅう |
around the clock, day and night (Note: 4 x 6 = 24) |
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85.
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犬四手 いぬしで |
Chonowski''s hornbeam (Carpinus tschonoskii) |
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86.
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四声 しせい |
four tones (of Chinese) |
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87.
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四海同胞 しかいどうほう |
universal brotherhood |
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88.
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四十路 よそじ |
age forty, one''s forties |
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89.
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四つ切り よつぎり |
cutting into four, quarter, photograph size 254mm x 305 mm |
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90.
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四次元 しじげん |
fourth dimension, four dimensions |
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91.
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四半期収益 しはんきしゅうえき |
quarterly earnings |
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92.
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四六判 しろくばん |
duodecimo |
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93.
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弦楽四重奏 げんがくしじゅうそう |
string quartet |
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94.
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四月馬鹿 しがつばか |
April fool, April fool''s day |
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95.
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四獣 しじゅう |
four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear), four gods said to rule over the four directions |
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96.
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四方 よも |
every direction |
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97.
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二十四節気 にじゅうしせっき |
24 divisions of the solar year, 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons |
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98.
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四つ相撲 よつずもう |
sumo wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other''s belt with both hands |
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99.
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四次元 よじげん |
fourth dimension, four dimensions |
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100.
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四半期収益発表 しはんきしゅうえきはっぴょう |
quarterly earnings announcement |
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101.
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紙四手 かみしで |
paper shide, zig-zag cut paper (used to ward off or expel evil spirits) |
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102.
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弦楽四重奏曲 げんがくしじゅうそうきょく |
string quartet |
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103.
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四月病 しがつびょう |
optimism experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work |
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104.
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四川 しせん |
Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan |
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105.
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四重 しじゅう |
fourfold |
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106.
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四方山話 よもやまばなし |
talk about various topics |
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107.
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二十四日 にじゅうよっか |
twenty-fourth day of the month |
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108.
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四つ足 よつあし |
four-footed (animal) |
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109.
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四七抜き よなぬき |
pentatonic scale (music) |
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110.
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四半世紀 しはんせいき |
quarter of a century |
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111.
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週四日 しゅうよっか |
four days a week |
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112.
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弦楽四重奏団 げんがくしじゅうそうだん |
string quartet |
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113.
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四元速度 しげんそくど |
four velocity (physics) |
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114.
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四則 しそく |
four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic |
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115.
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四角形 しかくけい |
square, quadrilateral, quadrangle |
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116.
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四重唱 しじゅうしょう |
vocal quartet, four-part chorus |
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117.
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四方八方 しほうはっぽう |
in all directions |
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118.
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八万四千 はちまんしせん |
(Buddh) 84000, many |
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119.
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四つ辻 よつつじ |
crossroads, intersection |
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120.
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四半分 しはんぶん |
a fourth, quarter |
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121.
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工々四 くんくんしい |
type of Ryuukyuu stringed instrument music |
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122.
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四股 しこ |
sumo wrestler ceremonial leg raising and stomping |
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123.
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四則演算 しそくえんざん |
four arithmetic operations, basic arithmetic operations |
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124.
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四角形 しかっけい |
square, quadrilateral, quadrangle |
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125.
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四方反かんな しほうそりかんな |
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade |
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126.
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文房四宝 ぶんぼうしほう |
in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper |
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127.
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四つ目 よつめ |
four-eyed, pattern of four squares |
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128.
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四手 しで |
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects, hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family) |
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129.
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十四 じゅうよん |
14, fourteen |
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130.
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工工四 くんくんしい |
type of Ryuukyuu stringed instrument music |
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131.
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四股名 しこな |
Sumo wrestler''s stage name |
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132.
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四大元素 よんだいげんそ |
the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water) |
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133.
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四角号碼 しかくごうま |
a kanji character stroke classification system |
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134.
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四旬節 しじゅんせつ |
Lent |
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135.
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四方反りかんな しほうそりかんな |
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade |
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136.
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平行四辺形 へいこうしへんけい |
parallelogram |
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137.
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四つ目垣 よつめがき |
square-patterned bamboo fence, lattice fence |
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138.
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四手の木 しでのき |
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora) |
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139.
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四百四病 しひゃくしびょう |
every type of disease |
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140.
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十四日 じゅうよっか |
fourteenth day of the month |
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141.
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左四つ ひだりよつ |
sumo hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right |
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142.
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四胡 しこ |
sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow) |
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143.
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四段活用 よだんかつよう |
conjugation (inflection, declension) of godan verbs (as represented by archaic kana usage) |
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144.
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四角四面 しかくしめん |
square, formal |
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145.
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四書 ししょ |
the Four Books (Confucian texts) |
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146.
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四方反り鉋 しほうそりかんな |
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade |
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147.
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又四郎尺 またしろうじゃく |
Matajirou shaku (approx. 30.26 cm) |
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148.
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四つ葉 よつば |
plant having four leaves on one stalk |
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149.
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四種姓 ししゅせい |
varna (each of India''s four castes) |
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150.
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四百四病の外 しひゃくしびょうのほか |
love-sickness |
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151.
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再三再四 さいさんさいし |
repeatedly |
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152.
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四顧 しこ |
look everywhere |
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153.
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四段活用 よんだんかつよう |
yodan verb conjugation (verb form of classical Japanese) |
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154.
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四角四面な人 しかくしめんなひと |
prim (stuffy) person, squared-toed person |
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155.
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四書五経 ししょごきょう |
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, the Nine Chinese Classics |
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156.
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四方反鉋 しほうそりかんな |
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade |
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157.
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明治十四年の政変 めいじじゅうよねんのせいへん |
the failed Meiji-14 coup of 1881 |
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158.
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四つ葉のクローバー よつばのクローバー |
four-leaf clover |
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159.
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四周 ししゅう |
periphery, circumference |
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160.
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四百余州 しひゃくよしゅう |
all China |
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161.
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正四面体 せいしめんたい |
regular tetrahedron |
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162.
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三寒四温 さんかんしおん |
alternation of three cold and four warm days |
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163.
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四公六民 しこうろくみん |
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year''s crop and the farmers kept 60% |
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164.
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四男 よんなん |
fourth son |
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165.
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四角柱 しかくちゅう |
quadrangular prism |
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166.
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四女 よんじょ |
fourth-born daughter |
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167.
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四房 しぶさ |
four tassels hung above the sumo ring |
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168.
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弥四 やし |
showman, charlatan, faker, quack |
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169.
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四の五の言う しのごのいう |
to grumble about something (trivial) |
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170.
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四衆 ししゅ |
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), (in Tendai) the four assemblies |
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171.
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四部合唱 しぶがっしょう |
four-part harmony |
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172.
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赤四手 あかしで |
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora), akashide |
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173.
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四更 しこう |
fourth watch of the night (approx. 1 am to 3 am) |
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174.
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四柱推命 しちゅうすいめい |
Four Pillar astrology, originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person''s birth |
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175.
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四角張る しかくばる |
to be angular, to be formal |
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176.
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四象 ししょう |
four images, four symbols, four emblems, four phenomena, four phases |
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177.
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六十四卦 ろくじゅうしけ |
the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes) |
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178.
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四コマ よんコマ |
four panel comic |
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179.
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四衆 ししゅう |
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), (in Tendai) the four assemblies |
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180.
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四部衆 しぶしゅ |
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees) |
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181.
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大腿四頭筋 だいたいしとうきん |
quadriceps muscle |
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182.
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四 よ |
four |
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183.
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四劫 しこう |
(Buddh) the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness) |
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184.
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四通八達 しつうはったつ |
traffic network extending in all directions |
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185.
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四本柱 しほんばしら |
four posts that used to support the roof over the sumo ring |
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186.
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四コマ漫画 よんコマまんが |
four panel comic |
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187.
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四十 しじゅう |
forty |
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188.
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四分 しぶん |
divide into four pieces, one fourth |
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189.
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第四階級 だいよんかいきゅう |
the fourth estate, the proletariat |
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190.
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四国 しこく |
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan) |
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191.
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四諦 したい |
The Four Noble Truths (of Buddhism) |
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192.
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四季咲き しきざき |
blooming in each season |
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193.
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四色定理 ししょくていり |
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) |
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194.
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四民 しみん |
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants), the masses |
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195.
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四阿 あずまや |
arbor, arbour, bower, summer house, square gazebo |
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196.
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四十 よそ |
forty |
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197.
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四分位 しぶんい |
quartile |
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198.
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第四紀 だいしき |
Quaternary period |
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199.
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四国地方 しこくちほう |
Shikoku region (inc. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures) |
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200.
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四天王 してんのう |
the Four Devas, the big four |