未ひつじ

noun

the Sheep; the Ram; the Goat

Eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac. In Japanese, 未 is normally read ひつじ and refers to the Sheep/Goat/Ram. The animal itself is usually 羊.

• 彼かの女じょは未ひつじ年どし生うまれです。

  She was born in the year of the Sheep.

• 十じゅう二に支しの八はち番ばん目めは未ひつじです。

  The eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac is the Sheep.

noun

hour of the Sheep

Obsolete temporal unit: roughly 1–3 PM or 2–4 PM in the traditional Chinese time system. Used in historical contexts, often in the phrase 未の刻.

See also: 未の刻

• 未ひつじの刻こくに待まち合あわせましょう、と古こ文ぶん書しょにある。

  The old document says, 'Let us meet at the hour of the Sheep.'

noun

south-southwest

Obsolete directional term from the traditional Chinese zodiac compass. 未 corresponds to south-southwest. Not used in modern navigation.

• 風ふう水すいでは未ひつじの方ほう角がくは南なん南なん西せいを指さす。

  In feng shui, the direction of 未 points to south-southwest.

noun

sixth month of the lunar calendar

Obsolete lunar calendar month name. The sixth month was traditionally called 未月. Not used in the modern Gregorian calendar.

• 旧きゅう暦れきの六ろく月がつは未ひつじの月つきとも呼よばれた。

  The sixth month of the lunar calendar was also called the month of the Sheep.