刻限
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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刻 | 限 |
こく Grade: 6 | げん Grade: 5 |
on’yomi | goon |
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こくげん [kòkúgéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) こくげん [kòkúꜜgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][1]
- IPA(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
刻限 • (kokugen)
- appointed time
- time, hour
- 1915, 芥川龍之介 [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa], 羅生門 (Rashōmon) [Rashōmon]:
- 尤も今日は、刻限が遲いせいか、一羽も見えない。
- Mottomo kyō wa, kokugen ga osoi sei ka, ichiwa mo mienai.
- However, perhaps because of the late hour, I can't see any (crows) today.
- 尤も今日は、刻限が遲いせいか、一羽も見えない。
- 辰の刻限
- tatsu no kokugen
- 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- (literally, “the hour of the dragon”)
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Synonyms
- (appointed time): 定刻 (teikoku)
- (time): 時刻 (jikoku)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN