丑の刻参り

うしのこくまいり

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

丑の年

うしのとし

Year of the Ox

丑の日

うしのひ

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

丑

うし

second sign of Chinese zodiac (The Ox, 1am-3am, north-northeast, December)

乙丑

きのとうし いっちゅう おっちゅう

second of the sexagenary cycle

丁丑

ひのとのうし ていちゅう

fourteenth of the sexagenary cycle

丑年

うしどし

year of the ox

丑寅

うしとら

northeast

癸丑

みずのとうし きちゅう

50th of the sexagenary cycle

己丑

つちのとうし きちゅう

twenty-sixth of the sexagenary cycle

辛丑

かのとうし しんちゅう

thirty-eighth of the sexagenary cycle

土用の丑の日

どようのうしのひ

day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season), dog days of summer

土用丑の日

どよううしのひ

day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer

丑の時参り

うしのときまいり

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

辰の刻

たつのこく

8 am, the fifth hour, the Hour of the Dragon

寅の刻

とらのこく

around four o'clock in the morning

亥の刻

いのこく

time of the boar (9-11pm)

巳の刻

みのこく

hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); hour of the Serpent

酉の刻

とりのこく

hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm); hour of the Cock