丑の時参り

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
丑 時 参
うし
Jinmeiyō 		とき
Grade: 2 		まい
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
丑の時參り (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 丑(うし)の時(とき) (ushi no toki) + 参(まい)り (mairi, “visiting”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 参(まい)る (mairu, “to visit”).).

Pronunciation

Noun

丑(うし)の時(とき)参(まい)り • (ushi no toki mairi) ←うしのときまゐり (usinotokimawiri)?

  1. ushi no toki mairi, a traditional Japanese practice where a person visits (参(まい)り (mairi)) a shrine at approximately 2 AM in the morning (丑(うし)の時(とき) (ushi no toki)) in order to nail a straw effigy of a person (藁人形(わらにんぎょう) (waraningyō)) to a tree and wish for that person's death

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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