the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); north; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)
Water Rat (49th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1912, 1972, 2032)
Metal Rat (37th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
festival in honor of Daikokuten
Fire Rat (13th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1936, 1996, 2056)
day of the Rat (esp. the first day of the Rat in the New Year); (arch.) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots; (arch.) pine shoot pulled out by the roots
Earth Rat (25th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1948, 2008, 2068)
pine shoot pulled out during ne-no-hi-no-asobi
boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)
ne-no-hi-no-asobi; collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
first Day of the Rat of the New Year; first Day of the Rat of the month (esp. of the 11th month)
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
dor beetle (of family Geotrupidae); Geotrupes laevistriatus (species of dor beetle)
scarab beetle; sacred scarab (Scarabaeus sacer)
Amami pine (Pinus amamiana); Yakushima white pine
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
Japanese cockchafer (Melolontha japonica)
hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am)