Word Meaning 丑の刻参り

うしのこくまいり ushi no kokumairi

丑の刻参り is read as うしのこくまいり (ushi no kokumairi) and means cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death.

Meaning

English

  1. cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

Reading

Kana

うしのこくまいり

Romaji

ushi no kokumairi

Writing Variants

  • 丑の刻まいり うしのこくまいり ushi no kokumairi
  • 牛の刻参り うしのこくまいり ushi no kokumairi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 132695 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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丑の時参り

うしのときまいり

cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

丑の刻

うしのこく

hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am)

うし

hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am)

丑三つ時

うしみつどき

third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

墓参り

はかまいり

visit to a grave

初宮参り

はつみやまいり

first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)

宮参り

みやまいり

visiting a shrine

お宮参り

おみやまいり

visiting a shrine

伊勢参り

いせまいり

Ise pilgrim

牛にひかれて善光寺参り

うしにひかれてぜんこうじまいり

doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else

お参り

おまいり

visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.)

二年参り

にねんまいり

visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day