also: ネズミどし
year of the Rat
Refers to the year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac. Used in contexts such as age, birth year, and astrology.
Next year is the year of the Rat.
I was born in the year of the Rat.
Standard kanji spelling using the zodiac character 子. Also read ねどし.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; common in everyday writing.
Katakana variant of ねずみ年, sometimes used for emphasis or style.
From 子 (the first sign of the Chinese zodiac, associated with the rat) and 年 (year). The reading ねずみどし is a kun'yomi compound; ねどし is a contracted reading.