丑の年

うしのとし

Year of the Ox

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

丑の日

うしのひ

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

丑の刻

うしのこく

two o'clock in the morning

土用丑

どよううし

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

丑三つ時

うしみつどき うしみつじ

2:00 to 2:30 AM, 3:00 to 3:30 AM

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

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

年が年

としがとし

considering this age

年

とし ねん とせ

(とし) year

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

年が年中

ねんがねんじゅう としがねんじゅう

all year round, year after year