Meanings

silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4)

four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)

four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions

varna (each of India's four castes)

thirty-four (orig. thirty-three) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture

Quaternary period

the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)

many

sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)

four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)

four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)

tetraploid

Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)

Chonowski's hornbeam (Carpinus tschonoskii)

Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)

loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora)

four administrative positions (of the ritsuryō system: kami, suke, jou, sakan)

the Ono no Michikaze card and three other 20-point cards (scoring combination)

four 20-point cards (scoring combination)

four corners