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丑うしの刻こく参まいり
Meanings
Expression
Noun
1. 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
Alt. forms
丑うしの刻こく参まいり
ウシノコクマイリ
うしのこくまいり
Kanji used
丑
sign of the cow
刻
carve into
参
admit defeat
Pitch accent
う
しのこくま
いり
Used in: 40
Composed of
① うし。十二支の2番目。
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)