辰

Vocabulary (12)

• 戊辰戦争

  ぼしんせんそう

  Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)

• 戊辰

  つちのえたつ

  Earth Dragon (5th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)

• 丙辰

  ひのえたつ

  Fire Dragon (53rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1916, 1976, 2036)

• 庚辰

  かのえたつ

  Metal Dragon (17th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1940, 2000, 2060)

• 北辰

  ほくしん

  North-Star

• 壬辰

  じんしん

  Water Dragon (29th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1952, 2012, 2072)

• 甲辰

  きのえたつ

  Wood Dragon (41st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1904, 1964, 2024)

• 嘉辰令月

  かしんれいげつ

  auspicious date

• 誕辰

  たんしん

  birthday

• 辰の日

  たつのひ

  day of the Dragon

• 辰巳芸者

  たつみげいしゃ

  geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo

• 辰の刻

  たつのこく

  hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am)