癸

き みずのと

10th in rank, tenth sign of the Chinese calendar

丑

うし

second sign of Chinese zodiac (The Ox, 1am-3am, north-northeast, December)

癸未

みずのとひつじ きび

20th of the sexagenary cycle

癸巳

みずのとみ きし

thirtieth of the sexagenary cycle

癸亥

みずのとい きがい

60th of the sexagenary cycle

癸酉

みずのととり きゆう

tenth of the sexagenary cycle

癸卯

みずのとう きぼう

fortieth of the sexagenary cycle

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

丑年

うしどし

year of the ox

丑寅

うしとら

northeast

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

丑の年

うしのとし

Year of the Ox

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