庚かのえ申さる

noun

Metal Monkey; 57th sexagenary term

Refers to the 57th year in the 60-year cycle, combining the celestial stem 庚 (Metal) and earthly branch 申 (Monkey). Used in traditional calendar contexts.

See also: 干支

• 1920年ねんは庚こう申しんの年としです。

  1920 is the year of the Metal Monkey.

• 庚こう申しんは干支えとの一ひとつで、57番ばん目めに当あたります。

  Kōshin is one of the sexagenary terms, the 57th.

noun

Shōmen Kongō; deity

A deity associated with the kōshin belief; often depicted with multiple arms and a fierce expression. Referenced in folk religion.

See also: 青面金剛

• 庚こう申しんの日ひに青しょう面めん金こん剛ごうを祀まつる風ふう習しゅうがあります。

  There is a custom of enshrining Shōmen Kongō on kōshin days.

noun

kōshin-machi; religious wake

Only with reading こうしん

Abbreviation of 庚申待; a historical all-night vigil held on kōshin days to prevent the three worms from reporting one's misdeeds.

See also: 庚申待

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには庚こう申しん待まちが盛さかんに行おこなわれた。

  During the Edo period, kōshin-machi vigils were widely practiced.