吉

Meaning

吉 centers on positive fortune and the happiness that comes with it: good luck, joy, and celebratory congratulations.

• 吉きち

  good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness

• 諭吉ゆきち

  10,000 yen note

• 大吉だいきち

  excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)

• 吉野家よしのや

  Yoshinoya (gyudon restaurant chain)

• 不吉ふきつ
  N1

  ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

• 成吉思汗ジンギスかん

  jingisukan; grilled mutton and vegetable dish

• 吉本興業よしもとこうぎょう

  Yoshimoto Kogyo

• 染井吉野そめいよしの

  Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)

• 小吉しょうきち

  slightly good luck (esp. as an omikuji fortune-telling result)

• 吉報きっぽう

  good news

• 末吉すえきち

  good luck to come (esp. as an omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck

• 吉備きび

  Kibi (former province located in present-day Okayama and parts of Hiroshima, Hyōgo and Kagawa prefectures; later split into Bizen, Bitchu and Bingo provinces)

• 吉祥きっしょう

  lucky omen; happy; auspicious

• 吉兆きっちょう

  lucky omen; good omen

• 吉日きちじつ

  lucky day; auspicious day

• 吉凶きっきょう

  good or bad luck; fortune

• 吉書きっしょ

  first calligraphy of the year

• 住吉会すみよしかい

  Sumiyoshi-kai (yakuza syndicate)

• 中吉ちゅうきち

  moderately good luck (in fortune-telling)

• 勿吉もっきつ

  Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)

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