Kanji
Readingどし
Frequencyless than 1%
Used in (35 in total)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.
unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō); bad year; annus horribilis
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
woman well past her prime; matron well-advanced in age
good year; lucky year; bumper year; banner year
year of one's birth; one's birth year
town elder (Edo period); town leader; alderman
woman approaching middle age
year of the Dragon
year of the Dog
year of the Snake
year of the Sheep
year of the Monkey
year of the Rooster; year of the Cock
year of the Horse
year of the Hare; year of the Rabbit
year of the Ox
year of the Boar (e.g. 2007, 2019, 2031); year of the Pig
year of large crop
year of the Rat
year of the Boar; year of the Pig
bad year (for fruit); off year; low pollen year
year of good crops; fruitful year; vintage year
the same age
year of a large crop; good year (for fruit, etc.); high pollen year
coach without a special assignment within the Sumo Association
New Year's Eve; December 31; Jupiter (planet)
year of the Tiger
old enough (to know better, etc.)