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庚 kanji
7th, 7th calendar sign
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コウ
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かのえ
Words with 庚
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- —同庚same age
- —庚申待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
- —庚申講kōshin-machi association
- —庚申月Metal Monkey month; lunar month that contains a day of the Metal Monkey (essentially every other month) during which it was believed colds were more frequent
- —庚申塚roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)
- —庚申草Pinguicula ramosa (butterwort species)
- —庚申薔薇China rose (Rosa chinensis); monthly rosebush
- —庚申待ち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