(collective) the four different states of the sky corresponding to the four seasons

(collective) Clipping of 四天王 (Shitennō, “Four Heavenly Kings”).

the four gods 青龍(せいりょう) (Seiryō), 朱雀(すざく) (Suzaku), 白虎(びゃっこ) (Byakko), 玄武(げんぶ) (Genbu), imported to Japan from Chinese mythology

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

four sixes; twenty-four

(Buddhism) the four stages of existence: 生有(しょうう) (shōu, “moment of birth”), 本有(ほんぬ) (honnu, “life”), 死有(しう) (shiu, “moment of death”), and 中有(ちゅうう) (chūu, “state between death and the next reincarnation”)

(game of Go) ladder

four people

Synonym of 四季 (shiki, “four seasons”) / four (o'clock)

(grammar) Short for 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō): quadrigrade conjugation