四よん大だい

noun

four-year university/college

Abbreviation of 四年制大学. Used in educational contexts to refer to institutions offering four-year undergraduate programs.

• 彼かれは四よん大だいを卒そつ業ぎょうして、すぐに就しゅう職しょくした。

  He graduated from a four-year university and immediately got a job.

prefix

the big four; the four major

Prefix used to refer to the four most prominent or largest entities in a category, e.g., 四大文明 (the four great civilizations).

• 四よん大だい文ぶん明めいは、メソポタミア、エジプト、インダス、黄こう河がの四よっつです。

  The four great civilizations are Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, and the Yellow River.