四

rolling a two and four (with two dice)

Jocular, humorous term

six

four strings; four-stringed instrument

biwa

Abbreviation; Abbr. of 単四型乾電池

AAA battery; AAA cell

Japanese tit (Parus minor); Oriental tit

Sumo

wrestler's stage name

fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)

four tones (of Chinese)

four days a week

Buddhism

the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni

Sumo

hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left

Buddhism

the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness)

four divine beasts; guardian deities of the four cardinal points

Buddhism

The Four Noble Truths

style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof

the four Hindu castes

Historical term

the four great families of the Heian period (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)

quadrant (instrument)

Noun or verb acting prenominally

quadrennial; recurring every four years

the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness); the four sprouts

Hanafuda

four-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

720ml bottle (of alcohol)

Quaternary period

Buddhism

the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death)

Abbreviation

Chūgoku and Shikoku

Sumo

hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right