〔十二支の一つ〕the Ox (the second of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac);〔時刻〕the hour of the Ox (2:00 a.m. or the hours between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m.);〔方角〕north-northeast
丑の刻参り
a visit to a shrine [temple] in the dead of night to 「pray for a person's death [lay a curse on a person]
丑年the year of the Ox
丑の日the day of the Ox;〔土用の〕the hottest day of the summer