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ドヨウウシ
Meanings
Noun
1. day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
Alt. forms
土ど用よう丑うし
ドヨウウシ
Composed of
midsummer (late July through early August); dog days (of summer); final 18 days of each season on the traditional solar calendar
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)