Word Meaning

きち kichi

吉 is read as きち (kichi) and means unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written).

Meaning

English

  1. unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
  2. good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result)
  3. good luck
  4. auspiciousness

Reading

Kana

きち

Romaji

kichi

Writing Variants

  • きつ kitsu

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms Rank 89200 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

吉祥天

きちじょうてん

Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)

吉報

きっぽう

good news

吉兆

きっちょう

lucky omen

吉備国際大学

きびこくさいだいがく

Kibi International University

吉野時代

よしのじだい

Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392)

吉野朝時代

よしのちょうじだい

Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392)

吉野家

よしのや

Yoshinoya

吉日

きちじつ

unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

吉原言葉

よしはらことば

language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period

吉林大学

きつりんだいがく

Jilin University

吉方

えほう

favourable direction

吉事

きちじ

auspicious event

Example Sentences

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きょうはおみくじでだいきちをひきました。

Today I drew 'daikichi' (great luck) in the fortune telling.

おもいたったがきちじつ。

The best day to start is the day you decide to do it.

からすはふきつなとりだとおもわれている。

Crows are considered to be birds of ill omen.

こきょうからきっぽうがとどいた。

Good news arrived from my hometown.

おみくじのけっかはしょうきちでした。

The fortune telling result was 'shokichi' (small luck).

にじはきっちょうのしるしとされる。

Rainbows are considered a sign of a lucky omen.

すえきちでもうんがよいほうだ。

Even 'suekichi' (ending luck) is relatively lucky.

きっきょうをうらなう。

To divine good and bad fortune.

かれはちゅうきちをひいてよろこんだ。

He was happy to draw 'chukichi' (medium luck).