Workers at the World Heritage Site replaced this year's sign, the rat, with a three-by-four-meter picture of a Japanese black ox."MB004298", "2571913"
それぞれの面に6日分書かれており、干支や月の満ち欠け、それぞれの日の吉凶を示している。
Each side has six days written on it, and shows the oriental zodiac signs, the phases of the moon and the good and bad omens for each day.〔【出典】Catch a Wave, 2003年3月14日号◆【出版社】株式会社浜島書店 〕
And in the waning days of 2010, the Chinese Year of the Tiger, global leaders met in St. Petersburg, Russia, agreed on a tiger recovery plan and promised money to fund it."VOA-A226", "2248615"
中国では、人には干支にちなんださまざまな気性が備わっていると考えられています。
In China, it is believed that people have different dispositions according to their zodiac signs."MB002970", "2355728"
Each of the zodiac animals have its own distinct characteristics, which people born in that year are said to share."MB003633", "2289395"
多くの日本人は今でも人の性格と運命はその人の生まれた年の干支で決まると信じています。
Many Japanese still believe people's characters and fates are determined by the animal sign of their birth year."MB004298", "2398099"
巨大な滑り台や、今年の干支である羊や江戸城の雪像も並びます。
Also featured will be a huge slide and sculptures of sheep and Edo Castle."MB001270", "2240760"
新年を祝い、新しい干支の絵を印刷または手描きします。
They are to wish each other a happy new year and often have a picture of that year's zodiac animal printed or hand-painted on them."A0000275", "2524410"
日本の伝統では、一年はその年ごとの干支の特徴を反映するとされてきました。
According to Japanese tradition, each year reflects the character of a different sign of the Chinese zodiac."MB001170", "2232744"