四つ

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

よつ【四つ】

❶〔四〕four ⇒し（四）

❷〔相撲の〕

右［左］四つ
⇒みぎよつ（右四つ），ひだりよつ（左四つ）

けんか四つ
kenka yotsu／a sumo bout between two wrestlers who both try to get an underarm belt grip on the same side

四つに組む

❶〔相撲で〕seize each other's belts with both hands

四つに組みました
The wrestlers locked, both having grips on the other's belt with both hands.

❷〔仕事などと〕tackle squarely

公害問題に四つに取り組む
tackle the pollution problem squarely [head on]／grapple [come to grips] with the pollution problem

四つ子

quadruplets [kwɑdr&vturn_acute;plits|kw&openo_acute;dru-]；《口》 quads

四つ相撲

sumo wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp each other's belts with both hands

四つ割り

すいかを四つ割りにする
cut [split] a watermelon into quarters [four pieces]

よっつ【四つ】

four ⇒し（四）

四つの子
a child of four

出典　小学館「プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)」