黄道吉日

See also: 黃道吉日

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 黄道吉日 – see 黃道吉日 (“an auspicious day in the lunar calendar on which a certain activity such as marriage is favoured.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 黃道吉日).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
黄 道 吉 日
こう
Grade: 2		 どう
Grade: 2		 きち
Grade: S		 にち
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
黃道吉日 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 黄道 (“ecliptic”) +‎ 吉日 (“auspicious day”), from the belief that the movement of the sun along the ecliptic determined the outcome of human endeavours.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こーどーきちにち [kòódóókíchíníchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːdo̞ːkʲit͡ɕiɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Noun

黄(こう)道(どう)吉(きち)日(にち) • (kōdōkichinichi) 

  1. (religion) in Onmyodo, an auspicious day to carry out an activity

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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