申さる年どし

Kanji

• 申have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM
• 年year, counter for years
• 猿monkey

Similar words

• 干支えと

  干支 is the general term for the sexagenary cycle or zodiac signs, while 申年 specifically means the Monkey year.

• 申さる

  申 is the zodiac sign itself (Monkey), whereas 申年 is the year of that sign.

Etymology

Compound of 申 (さる, 'Monkey', the ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac) and 年 (どし, 'year').