戊辰戦争

ぼしんせんそう

Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces, 1868-1869)

戊

つちのえ ぼ

5th in rank, fifth sign of the Chinese calendar

戊申

つちのえさる ぼしん

45th of the sexagenary cycle

戊寅

つちのえとら ぼいん

15th of the sexagenary cycle

戊午

つちのえうま ぼご

55th of the sexagenary cycle

戊戌

ぼじゅつ つちのえいぬ

35th of the sexagenary cycle

戊夜

ぼや

fifth division of the night (approx. 3 am to 5 am)

戊子

つちのえね ぼし

twenty-fifth of the sexagenary cycle

戊種

ぼしゅ

person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)

辰

たつ

fifth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Dragon, 7am-9am, east-southeast, March)

北辰

ほくしん

North-Star

甲辰

きのえたつ こうしん

41st of the sexagenary cycle

丙辰

ひのえたつ へいしん

53rd of the sexagenary cycle

辰巳

たつみ

southeast

時辰

じしん

time; hour

辰星

celestial bodies; stars

嘉辰

かしん

lucky day, auspicious occasion, happy day

吉辰

lucky day; auspicious occasion

星辰

せいしん

celestial bodies, stars