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

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

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

初巳

はつみ

first Serpent day of the year

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

その日その日

そのひそのひ

each day, from day to day, day-to-day

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

血の日曜日

ちのにちようび

Bloody Sunday (esp. the Jan. 22, 1905 Saint Petersburg incident)

昨日の今日

きのうのきょう

right on the heels of yesterday, then today..., soon after something, and yet now...

丑の日

うしのひ

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