New Entries/Amendments for 2003-Jun-10.html

======= Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 18:33:27 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	四当五落
(headw2)	４当５落
(kana1)	よんとうごらく
(pos)	proverb
(english1)	four-pass, five fail
(english2)	sleep four hours pass, sleep five hours fail
(reference)	What most distinguishes Japanese universities from the foreign universities is the difficulty of their entrance examination. At one time, there was a saying "Yontou-goraku (four-pass, five-fail)" are used widely. It is a warning that anyone getting more than five hours of sleep a night will fail the university entrance examinations.
http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa061700.htm
日露関係はともかく、これは「四当五落」という字を当てる言葉だ。 http://onisci.com/313.html
僕が小さい頃、「四当五落」という言葉を聞いたことがある。
http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/~hiro-tm/2002oct.htm
(comment)	I was surprised these famous words weren't in wwwjdic. Although strictly speaking they are not one word, I thought it would be useful that they are in the dictionary.
(name)	James Fell