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jmdict 2797220 Active (id: 2220342)
丑の時参り
うしのときまいり
1. [exp,n]
▶ cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2797230 丑の刻参り 1. cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death



History:
8. A 2023-01-29 10:56:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
It's tempting, but I think the resulting entry would be a bit messy.
7. A* 2023-01-27 03:03:21  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Meikyo and iwanami both have とき as a reading for 刻 in this expression.
We also have とき as a reading for 刻 here in JMdict.
Perhaps these entries can be merged.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 丑の刻参り    │ 8,696 │ 96.7% │
│ 丑の時参り    │   227 │  2.5% │
│ うしのときまいり │    71 │  0.8% │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
6. A 2020-05-26 01:49:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Aligning.
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death</gloss>
+<gloss>cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death</gloss>
5. A 2015-11-28 22:42:10  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Koj, Daijr, GG5, etc.
  Comments:
Clearly it's a valid term, appearing in a number of dictionaries, including several major 国語辞典. A better case would need to be made for its removal.
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
4. A* 2015-11-28 09:07:47  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
jwikip gives both 丑の刻参り and 丑の時参り
KM ngrams:
丑の刻参り	346
丑の時参り	15
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2797230">丑の刻参り</xref>
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