(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”)

Short for 四輪駆動. four-wheel drive (vehicle)

(grammar) Clipping of 五段活用 (godan katsuyō): quintigrade conjugation

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

a philosophy in Shintoism; within one's own heart there exists four 'souls', in either their positive (直霊(なおび) (naobi) and/or negative (禍津日(まがつひ) (magatsuhi) aspects, and that it is the interactions between these four souls, in either aspect, and in varying amounts and levels, that can influence the ups and downs in that person's character, good or bad.

a surname

a male given name

quarter, divide into fourths

one-quarter; 1/4; one fourth.

fifteen; 15