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Vocabulary (12)

• 己丑

  きちゅう

  Earth Ox (26th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1949, 2009, 2069)

• 丁丑

  ていちゅう

  Fire Ox (14th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1937, 1997, 2057)

• 辛丑

  かのとうし

  Metal Ox (38th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1961, 2021, 2081)

• 癸丑

  きちゅう

  Water Ox (50th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1913, 1973, 2033)

• 乙丑

  いっちゅう

  Wood Ox (2nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1925, 1985, 2045)

• 丑の時参り

  うしのときまいり

  cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

• 丑の刻まいり

  うしのこくまいり

  cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

• 丑の日

  うしのひ

  day of the Ox (esp. in midsummer or midwinter)

• 草木も眠る丑三つ時

  くさきもねむるうしみつどき

  dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)

• 丑の刻

  うしのこく

  hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am)

• 丑寅

  うしとら

  northeast

• 丑の年

  うしのとし

  year of the Ox