四
Meanings
Numeric
1. four; 4 (肆 is used in legal documents)
Other readings
Kanji used
Pitch accent
よん
Used in vocabulary
四拍子
quadruple time; four-four time; common time; the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)
Noun
四大公害病
the four major pollution-caused illnesses (Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, Itai-itai disease); four big pollution diseases of Japan
Noun
Examples28
その
The lake is four miles across.
私の
My father died four years ago.
大統領
The president's term of office is four years.
列車
It's only four minutes from here by train.
四
I have been walking for over four hours.
十
If you take four from ten, you have six.