四し方ほう八はっ方ぽう

noun

in all directions; everywhere; on all sides

Yojijukugo emphasizing that something is happening or spreading in every possible direction, often used with verbs like 逃げる, 散らばる, or 探す.

• 警けい察さつが来くると、群ぐん衆しゅうは四し方ほう八はっ方ぽうに逃にげ出だした。

  When the police arrived, the crowd fled in all directions.

• 彼かれは四し方ほう八はっ方ぽう手てを尽つくして仕し事ごとを探さがした。

  He tried everything he could to find a job.