卯

Vocabulary (12)

• 己卯

  きぼう

  Earth Rabbit (16th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059)

• 丁卯

  ていぼう

  Fire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047)

• 辛卯

  かのとう

  Metal Rabbit (28th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1951, 2011, 2071)

• なか卯

  なかう

  Nakau (restaurant chain)

• 癸卯

  きぼう

  Water Rabbit (40th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1903, 1963, 2023)

• 乙卯

  いつぼう

  Wood Rabbit (52nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1915, 1975, 2035)

• 卯の日

  うのひ

  day of the Hare

• 卯木

  うつぎ

  deutzia (Deutzia crenata)

• 卯の花月

  うのはなづき

  fourth month of the lunar calendar

• 卯月

  うずき

  fourth month of the lunar calendar

• 卯月鳥

  うづきどり

  lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

• うだつが上がらない

  うだつがあがらない

  no hope of getting ahead