四つ

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説

よつ【四つ】

1 〔四〕four⇒し(四)

2 〔相撲の〕

• 右四つ
  ⇒見出し語
• 左四つ
  ⇒見出し語
• 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
  

1 〔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.

2 〔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 [kwdrplits | kwdru-]，((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

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