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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
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丑の時参り
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Source Word
丑の時参り
Hiragana
うしのこくまいり / うしのときまいり
Kanji
丑の刻参り
Noun
Japanese Meaning
丑の刻(午前2時ごろ)に神社などへ詣で、藁人形を木に打ち付けて恨みの相手を呪い殺そうとする日本の古い呪術的習俗。丑の刻参りとも書く。
Easy Japanese Meaning
よるおそくにじんじゃへ行き、にくい人にわざわいが起こるようにいのるこわいならわし
Chinese (Simplified)
日本传统诅咒仪式:在丑时(约凌晨2点)到神社钉藁人形,祈愿他人死亡。 / 指丑时在神社以藁人形施咒的参拜行为。
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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
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