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庚申月
【 こうしんづき 】
1. [n] [hist]
▶ Metal Monkey month
▶ [expl] lunar month that contains a day of the Metal Monkey (essentially every other month) during which it was believed colds were more frequent
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1875180 庚申 1. Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)



History:
2. A 2021-12-07 05:32:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2021-11-01 11:25:35  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
koj nikk
saw it in koj's 
こうしん‐かぜ【庚申風】entry:
庚申月によくひくという風邪。

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庚申月	37

nikk mentions this interesting detail also
...この月に生まれた子どもには金偏の文字の名を付けるとよいなどの俗説がある。
  Comments: 
hist?

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