うし
Meanings
Noun
1. the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac)
2. hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am)
3. north-northeast
4. twelfth month of the lunar calendar
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
Earth Ox (26th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1949, 2009, 2069)
cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death