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])[1]
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)^?}

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)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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.

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