方竹

ほうちく

type of bamboo

四方

しほう よも よほう

the four cardinal directions, north, east, south and west, all directions

四方八方

しほうはっぽう

in all directions

四方拝

しほうはい

Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)

四国地方

しこくちほう

Shikoku region (incl. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)

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

北方四島

ほっぽうよんとう

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

四次方程式

よんじほうていしき

quartic equation

横四方固め

よこしほうがため

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

縦四方固め

たてしほうがため

tate-shiho-gatame (judo)

竹

たけ

bamboo

四次元超立方体

よじげんちょうりっぽうたい

tesseract

四

し よん よ スー

four

煤竹

すすたけ すすだけ

soot-colored bamboo (coloured)

竹竿

たけざお

bamboo pole

破竹

はちく

breaking bamboo

竹炭

ちくたん たけずみ

bamboo charcoal

群竹

むらたけ

thick growth of bamboo

寒竹

かんちく カンチク

marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)