乙きのと酉とり

noun

Wood Rooster; 22nd term of the sexagenary cycle

Refers to the 22nd year in the 60-year Chinese zodiac cycle, combining the Heavenly Stem 乙 (Wood, yin) and the Earthly Branch 酉 (Rooster). Used in traditional calendar contexts and for labeling years like 1945, 2005, 2065.

See also: 干支

• 1945年ねんは乙きのと酉とりの年としでした。

  1945 was the year of the Wood Rooster.

• 乙きのと酉とりは干支えとの22番ばん目めにあたります。

  Kinototori is the 22nd term of the sexagenary cycle.