戊つちのえ

noun

fifth Celestial Stem; 5th in the sexagenary cycle

Used in the traditional Chinese calendar and sexagenary cycle. Often appears in historical dates, fortune-telling, and classical contexts. The reading つちのえ is the native Japanese name; ぼ is the Sino-Japanese reading used in compounds.

• 戊つちのえは十じっ干かんの五ご番ばん目めにあたる。

  戊 is the fifth of the ten Celestial Stems.

• 戊ぼ辰しん戦せん争そうは1868年ねんに始はじまった。

  The Boshin War began in 1868.