庚申塚

roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)

庚申待

こうしんまち

staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko

庚申講

こうしんこう

kōshin-machi association

庚申月

こうしんづき

Metal Monkey month; lunar month that contains a day of the Metal Monkey (essentially every other month) during which it was believed colds were more frequent

庚申薔薇

こうしんばら コウシンバラ

China rose (Rosa chinensis), monthly rosebush

庚

かのえ こう

7th in rank, seventh sign of the Chinese calendar

同庚

same age

庚寅

かのえとら こういん

twenty-seventh of the sexagenary cycle

庚子

かのえね

Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)

庚戌

かのえいぬ こうじゅつ

47th of the sexagenary cycle

庚辰

かのえたつ こうしん

seventeenth of the sexagenary cycle

庚午

かのえうま こうご

seventh of the sexagenary cycle

申

さる

ninth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 3pm-5pm, west-southwest, July)

庚午年籍

こうごねんじゃく

Kōgo register; Japan's first census register (670)

申し申し

もうしもうし

excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

丙申

ひのえさる へいしん

thirty-third of the sexagenary cycle

申年

さるどし さるねん

year of the monkey

戊申

つちのえさる ぼしん

45th of the sexagenary cycle

具申

ぐしん

offering a full report to a superior