Word Meaning 庚申待
こうしんまち
koushimmachi
庚申待 is read as こうしんまち (koushimmachi) and means kōshin-machi.
Meaning
English
- kōshin-machi
- staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle to prevent the three worms that were said to inhabit the human gut from reporting one's wrongdoings to the gods; a tradition that began among nobility in the Heian period and became widespread during the Edo period
Reading
Kana
こうしんまち
Romaji
koushimmachi
Writing Variants
- 庚申待ち こうしんまち koushimmachi
Stroke Sequence
3 Characters • 22 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12庚申塚
こうしんづか
roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)