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<entry> <ent_seq>2851341</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>庚申月</keb> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>こうしんづき</reb> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&n;</pos> <xref>庚申・1</xref> <misc>&hist;</misc> <gloss>Metal Monkey month</gloss> <gloss g_type="expl">lunar month that contains a day of the Metal Monkey (essentially every other month) during which it was believed colds were more frequent</gloss> </sense> </entry>