also: しいじ
noun
Refers to spring, summer, autumn, and winter collectively. Often used in poetic or descriptive contexts. The cross-reference to 四季 suggests it is synonymous, but 四時 is less common in modern everyday speech.
See also: 四季
日本には四時の変化がはっきりとある。
Japan has distinct changes of the four seasons.
この庭は四時の花が楽しめるように設計されている。
This garden is designed so that you can enjoy flowers of all four seasons.
四季 is the more common and standard word for 'the four seasons'. 四時 is a less frequent synonym, sometimes used in literary or formal contexts.
Compound of 四 (four) and 時 (time/season). The reading しじ is the standard on'yomi combination; しいじ is an older or irregular reading.