一 いち六 ろく

ichiroku

1. (rolling) a 1 and a 6 (with two dice)

2. dice gambling

3. (armed) robbery; mugging

4. Edo period to early Meiji non-working day falling on all days of the month with a 1 or a 6 in it (when written in kanji numerals, i.e. the 1st, 11th, 16th, 21st and 26th days of the month)