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Japanese: 卯 - う

〘Noun〙① One of the names of the Chinese zodiac. It is one of the twelve animals, and is the fourth. Rabbit. Rabbit. ※Shuui (around 1005-07?) Monomei 429 "Ne ( rat ), ox, tiger, rabbit, and tiger. I slept all night thinking of the ox and tiger, and the tatsumi (dragon and tiger) was so lonely that it was so lonely. (Author unknown)"② ① is assigned to a year, month, date, direction, and time, and used as a name. (a) The year or day that corresponds to ①. → Day of the Rabbit. (b) The east direction. ※Kokata Honmo Shisho (before the 17th century) 6 "At the time of February, it is above the direction of the rabbit." (c) In the fixed time system of the Nara and Heian periods, it was roughly from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., as in the current time system. According to the irregular time system after the Kamakura period, in spring it is from around 4:00 to around 6:00, in summer from just after 3:00 to around 5:00, in autumn from around 4:00 to around 6:00, and in winter from around 5:00 to around 7:00. In the latter half of the Edo period, it was held half an hour later. The sixth day of the morning. The hour of the rabbit. The hour of the rabbit. *The Chronicles (720), July, 8th year of Jomei: "From now on , you should arrive at the beginning of the rabbit and leave after the snake . " ( Ni ) Another name for February. *Miscellaneous haiku, Yanagi Taru-28 (1799): "In the month of the rabbit you sleep, and in the month of the rabbit you rise." ③ Rabbit meat. Rabbit meat soup. *Miscellaneous haiku, Yanagi Taru-38 (1807): "As a rule, line up rabbits at the head of the tiger."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 干支(えと)の名称の一つ。十二支の一つで、その第四番目。うさぎ。ぼう。※拾遺（1005‐07頃か）物名・四二九「ねうしとらうたつみひと夜ねてうしとらこそは思ひけめうきなたつみぞわびしかりける〈よみ人しらず〉」② ①を年月日、方角、時刻に配して、その呼び名とするもの。(イ) ①にあたる年や日。→卯の日。(ロ) 東の方角。※古活字本毛詩抄（１７Ｃ前）六「二月の時分には、卯の方の上にあるぞ」(ハ) 奈良・平安時代の定時法では、現在の時刻法のほぼ午前五時から七時まで。鎌倉時代以降の不定時法によれば、春は四時ごろから六時ごろまで、夏は三時すぎから五時ごろまで、秋は四時ごろから六時ごろまで、冬は五時ごろから七時ごろまで。なお江戸時代後半には半刻（約一時間）遅らして行なわれた。明六つ。卯の刻。卯の時。※書紀（720）舒明八年七月「今より以後(のち)、卯の始に朝(まゐ)りて巳の後(をはり)に退(まか)でよ」(ニ) 二月の異称。※雑俳・柳多留‐二八（1799）「卯の月は寐て卯月には立給ふ」③ うさぎの肉。うさぎの肉の吸い物。※雑俳・柳多留‐三八（1807）「御吉例寅の頭へ卯をならべ」

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