寅: tiger (zodiac)

tiger (zodiac); 3-5 a.m.

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Readings

イン

Kun

とら

Third sign of the zodiac (the Tiger) and the 3-5 a.m. hour in old time-telling; the on-reading イン is rare.

寅とらthe Tiger (zodiac sign)

寅年とらどしyear of the Tiger

丑寅うしとらnortheast

寅の刻とらのこくhour of the Tiger (3-5 a.m.)

兄あには寅年とらどし生うまれで、とても元気げんきな人ひとだ。

My older brother was born in the Year of the Tiger and is full of energy.

昔むかしの人ひとは、寅の刻とらのこくに起おきて田たに出でた。

In the old days, people got up at the hour of the Tiger and went out to the fields.

鬼門きもんは丑寅うしとらの方角ほうがく、つまり北東ほくとうにある。

The demon gate lies in the direction of the ox-tiger, that is, the northeast.