巳

み

sixth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Serpent, 9am-11am, south-southeast, April)

巳年

みどし へびどし みねん

year of the snake

丁巳

ひのとみ ていし

54th of the sexagenary cycle

乙巳

きのとみ いっし おっし

42nd of the sexagenary cycle

辰巳

たつみ

southeast

上巳

じょうし じょうみ

March 3rd of the lunar calendar (one of the five annual festivals), dolls festival, peach festival

癸巳

みずのとみ きし

thirtieth of the sexagenary cycle

己巳

きし

sixth of the sexagenary cycle

辛巳

かのとみ しんし

eighteenth of the sexagenary cycle

巳の刻

みのこく

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

巳の年

へびのとし

year of the Snake

巳の日

みのひ

day of the Snake

辰巳芸者

たつみげいしゃ

geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo

已己巳己

いこみき

all the same

初

はつ うい うぶ

innocent, naive, unsophisticated, inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears

巳の日の祓

みのひのはらえ

purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the third month of the lunar calendar

初歩の初歩

しょほのしょほ

absolute basics; very rudiments

初鰹

はつがつお

the first bonito of the season

初編

しょへん

volume one, first volume