六公四民

ろくこうよんみん

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

四民平等

しみんびょうどう

equality for the four classes (early Meiji-period slogan)

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%

四

し よん よ スー

four

民

たみ

nation, people

四百四病

しひゃくしびょう

every type of disease

四角四面

しかくしめん

square, formal

民民規制

みんみんきせい

min-min kisei, deals between companies which restrict competition

国民民主党

こくみんみんしゅとう

Democratic Party for the People; DPFP; DPP

四百

よんひゃく

four hundred

単四

たんよん

size AAA (battery)

四月

しがつ

April

四辺

しへん し へん

four-sided

四衆

ししゅ ししゅう

four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)

四顧

しこ

look everywhere

四手

しで かみしで よんて

zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects

四人

よにん よたり よったり

four people

四女

よんじょ

fourth-born daughter

四分

しぶん よんふん

divide into four pieces, one fourth