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 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
  • Kun’yomi
    • (Tokyo) うしのときま​いり [ùshí nó tókí máꜜìrì] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɕi no̞ to̞kʲi ma̠iɾʲi]

Noun

丑の時参り (hiragana うしのときまいり, rōmaji ushi no toki mairi, historical hiragana うしのときまゐり)

  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

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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