四

the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories

square-patterned bamboo fence; lattice fence

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Sign of Four (novel by Conan Doyle)

regular tetrahedron

Physics

fundamental interactions; four fundamental forces of nature

Music

four-on-the-floor; four-to-the-floor

Music

quarter note; crotchet

all China

Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth

traffic network extending in all directions

the fourth estate; the proletariat

Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim

blooming in each season

Company name

Shiki Theatrical Company

passage of the seasons; change of the four seasons

Martial arts

yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)

alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring)

the world; the universe

square

around-the-clock system

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

land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)

Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim

Buddhism

every type of disease