亥

Vocabulary (12)

• 亥の子の祝

  いのこのいわい

  Day-of-the-Boar Festival

• 己亥

  きがい

  Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)

• 丁亥

  ていがい

  Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)

• 辛亥

  しんがい

  Metal Boar (48th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1911, 1971, 2031)

• 癸亥

  きがい

  Water Boar (60th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)

• 乙亥

  いつがい

  Wood Boar (12th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1935, 1995, 2055)

• 辛亥革命

  しんがいかくめい

  Xinhai Revolution (of China; 1911)

• 亥の日

  いのひ

  day of the Boar

• 亥の子

  いのこ

  day of the Boar in the month of the Boar (the 10th month in the lunar calendar)

• 亥の子餅

  いのこもち

  day-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains)

• 亥の刻

  いのこく

  hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight)

• 乾

  いぬい

  northwest