寅

とら
third sign of Chinese zodiac (The Tiger, 3am-5am, east-northeast, January)

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とら【寅】

the Tiger《十二支のひとつ》

the year of the Tiger 寅年.

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とら【寅】

〔十二支の〕 the Tiger, one of the twelve animals of the Oriental zodiac.

●寅の年 the Year of the Tiger

・寅の日 the Day of the Tiger

・寅の刻(_こく) the Hour of the Tiger(; 3-5 a.m.)

・寅の方(_かた) 〔東北東〕 the Direction of the Tiger(; east-northeast).

●「何年(_なにどし)の生まれですか」「寅です」 “In what year of the Oriental zodiac were you born?”―“I was born in the Year of the Tiger.”

寅年 the year of the Tiger.

●寅年生まれの born in the year of the Tiger.