祥しょう

noun

good omen; auspicious sign

Formal or literary term for a positive sign or omen. Often used in set phrases or classical contexts.

• 白しろい蛇へびを見みるのは祥しょうとされている。

  Seeing a white snake is considered a good omen.

noun

first two death anniversaries

Specifically refers to the first and second anniversaries of a person's death in Buddhist tradition. See 小祥 (first anniversary) and 大祥 (second anniversary).

See also: 小祥 · 大祥

• 祥しょうは、故こ人じんの一いっ周しゅう忌きと三さん回かい忌きを指さす仏ぶっ教きょう用よう語ごです。

  祥 is a Buddhist term referring to the first and second death anniversaries.