四

いってんしかい

the world; the universe

さいさんさいし

repeatedly

さんかんしおん

alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring)

しくはっく

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money)

しつうはったつ

traffic network extending in all directions

しぶんごれつ

torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized

しほうはっぽう

in all directions

しめんそか

being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody

しろくじちゅう

around the clock; day and night

ちょうさんぼし

being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another

しかくしめん

square; formal; prim

しひゃくしびょう

every type of disease

しかいどうほう

universal brotherhood

ししょごきょう

the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics

しかいけいてい

people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood

ししごたい

the whole body

しじゅうふわく

at age forty, one has no doubts

しじんそうおう

an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north

ちょうさんりし

the common run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person)

よりよほう

large area; four ri square (approx. 16 sq km); Edo