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Tanuki Scroll I: 2022年は寅年！
Since today’s the first day of the new year I thought I’d read about the year of the tiger.
And right off the bat, new kanji! 寅 (とら), the same as 虎 but only used for the Zodiac.
This was quite a bit more difficult than what I’m used to so it took me awhile.
☆ Learnings ☆
New Words
寅 「とら」ーTiger (Zodiac only)
干支 「えと」ー Sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar. [Shamelessly copied from Jisho because that is a rather specific meaning]
壬寅 「みずのえとら」ー Water Tiger (Zodiac). [Was not expecting that reading at all]
古代中国 「こだいちゅうごく」 ー Ancient China
五行 「ごぎょう」 ー The Avatar five elements (in Chinese philosophy: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water)
十干 「じっかん」 ー The 10 calendar signs
十二支 「じゅうにし」 ー 12 signs of the Zodiac
言及 「げんきゅう」 ー Reference / Allusion
結び 「むすび」 ー Ending, Conclusion / Join, union, connecting. [I don’t think the むす reading for 結 is on WaniKani]
イラスト ー Illustration, picture, sketch
キャラクター ー Character, personality
丑寅 「うしとら」 ー Northeast [Archaic Word]. [Also new kanji: 丑 (うし) - sign of the ox, which looks like it is only used in Japanese for Zodiac related words]
New Readings
陰陽 「いんよう」ー Cosmic Dual Forces or Yin and Yang. [I only knew of the おんみょう reading]
Forgotten Meanings
もともと 「元々」 ー Originally / from the start
発生 「はっせい」 ー Outbreak / Occurrence / Incidence
本来 「ほんらい」 ー Originally / Primarily. [Woops I forgot what this meant, this is a lv. 5 word]
Bonus Zodiac Names!
Because I think the Zodiac is really cool here’s a list of them:
子 「ね」 ー Rat 
丑 「うし」 ー Ox 
寅 「とら」 ー Tiger
卯 「う」 ー Rabbit 
辰 「たつ」 ー Dragon 
巳 「み」 ー Snake 
午 「うま」 ー Horse 
未 「ひつじ」 ー Goat 
申 「さる」 ー Monkey 
酉 「とり」 ー Rooster 
戌 「いぬ」 ー Dog 
亥 「い」 ー Boar 
I’m sorry that they’re not all in line perfectly