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寅年 (とらどし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

寅とら年どし

Meanings

1

noun

year of the Tiger

Refers to a year in the Chinese zodiac cycle associated with the Tiger. Used in contexts like age, fortune-telling, or New Year greetings.

来らい年ねんは寅とら年どしです。
Next year is the year of the Tiger.
彼かれは寅とら年どし生うまれだ。
He was born in the year of the Tiger.

Written forms

寅とら年どしUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling using the zodiac kanji 寅.
トラ年どしUsage6%
Katakana spelling of とら, sometimes used for emphasis or in informal contexts.
とら年どし
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in casual writing.
寅とら歳どし
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 歳 is not standard for zodiac years. Marked as irregular kanji usage.

Kanji

寅sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac
年year, counter for years
歳year-end, age, occasion

Similar words

干支えと
干支 is the full sexagenary cycle or the Chinese zodiac system, while 寅年 specifically means the Tiger year within that cycle.
寅とら
寅 is the zodiac sign of the Tiger itself, used in compounds or as a standalone sign; 寅年 explicitly means the year.

Etymology

Compound of 寅 (tora, 'Tiger', the third sign of the Chinese zodiac) and 年 (toshi/doshi, 'year'). The reading とらどし is a straightforward combination.