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陰陽
道
おんみょう
どう

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陰陽
道
おんみょう
どう

onmyoudou

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)

  1. Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

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土
つち

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earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud — 土
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土
つち

tsuchi

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JLPT N3
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JLPT N3
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Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
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  1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud

    EXAMPLE
    ジャガイモは土(つち)の中(なか)で育(そだ)つ野菜(やさい)だ
    Potatoes are vegetables that grow in soil

  2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land

  3. low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)

    Related:鳥の子紙

  4. (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

    Related:陰陽道

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厄
年
やく
どし

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年
やく
どし

yakudoshi

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  1. unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)

    Related:陰陽道

  2. bad year; annus horribilis

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土
御
門
神
道
つち
み
かど
しん
とう

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御
門
神
道
つち
み
かど
しん
とう

tsuchimikadoshintou

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)

  1. Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)

    Related:陰陽道

Full entry for 土御門神道

忌
み
日
い
び

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み
日
い
び

imibi

Noun (common)
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Noun (common)

  1. unlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast day

    Related:陰陽道

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陰
陽
家
いん
よう
か

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陽
家
いん
よう
か

in'youka

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Noun (common)

  1. diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium

    Related:陰陽道

Full entry for 陰陽家

三
革
さん
かく

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革
さん
かく

sankaku

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Noun (common)

  1. armor, helmet and shield (armour)

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  2. kakurei, kakuun and kakumei (first, fifth and fifty-eighth years of the sexagenary cycle; times of civil unrest according to Onmyōdō)

    Related:陰陽道

Full entry for 三革

九
星
きゅう
せい

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星
きゅう
せい

kyuusei

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)

  1. nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope

    Related:陰陽道,一白,二黒,三碧,四緑,五黄,六白,七赤,八白,九紫

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塞
がり
ふさ

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塞
がり
ふさ

fusagari

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)

  1. being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; hindrance; impedance

    Related:塞がる

  2. unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)

    Related:陰陽道,天一神

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天
一
てん
いち

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一
てん
いち

ten'ichi

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Abbr.

  1. Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky

    Related:天一神,陰陽道,己酉,癸巳

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天
一
神
てん
いち
じん

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一
神
てん
いち
じん

ten'ichijin

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Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)

  1. Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky

    Related:陰陽道,己酉,癸巳

Full entry for 天一神

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