Vocabulary

archives (building); record office; museum

historiography

historical treatise; historical discussion

heir

crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees

quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon

four-digit number; thousands column

four velocity

four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)

fourth dimension; four dimensions; 4D

Japanese tit (Parus minor); Oriental tit

traffic network extending in all directions

coach and four; four horse coach

dividing into four; quartering

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere

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

four-wheel-drive car; 4WD car

military academy

gentleman; man of learning and virtue

men and women; the whole town

leading private (JSDF)

hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society

Archaeopteryx; extinct genus of early birds

elder sister

elder sister

older sister

older sister and younger brother

affiliated company; sister company

sister city; twin town

full-length mirror

sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape

figure; form; style

subsidiary screen; sub-screen; pop-up window

(uterine) cervix

(computer) slave station

infanticide; filicide

child; offspring; issue

children

year of the Rat