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陰陽 いんよう

  1. cosmic dual forces; sun and moon, etc.; yin and yang

陰陽の理 おんみょうのり

  1. principle of duality

陰陽五行 いんようごぎょう

  1. the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology

陰陽和合 いんようわごう

  1. the harmony of yin and yang energies

陰陽家 いんようか

  1. diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); exorcist; medium; sorcerer
  2. School of Naturalists; School of Yin-yang (China)

陰陽寮 おんようりょう

  1. Bureau of Onmyō; government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryō system)

陰陽師 おんみょうじ

  1. diviner; exorcist; medium; sorcerer

陰陽師身の上知らず おんようじみのうえしらず

  1. a fortune teller can't tell their own future; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; people don't know themselves as well as they know others

陰陽暦 いんようれき

  1. lunisolar calendar

陰陽道 おんみょうどう

  1. Onmyōdō; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements; way of Yin and Yang
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