丑の時参り

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

• 丑(うし)の刻参(ときまい)り (ushi no toki mairi)
• 丑(うし)の刻参(こくまい)り (ushi no koku mairi)

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

• (Tokyo) うしのときま​いり [ùshí nó tókí máꜜìrì] (Nakadaka – [6])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɕi no̞ to̞kʲi ma̠iɾʲi]

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

Synonyms

• 丑(うし)の時詣(ときもう)で (ushi no toki mōde)
• 丑参(うしまい)り (ushi mairi)

Further reading

• 丑の刻参り on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Ushi no toki mairi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 丑の時参り on Kotobank.