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時刻

じこく

noun

Meanings

1time
2hour
3(the) hour
4favourable time
5opportunity
6chance

Example sentence

真夜中は幽霊がうろつく時刻だと考えられている。

Midnight is when ghosts are thought to walk the earth.

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Kanji in this word

時Time, Hour10 strokes 刻Engrave, Cut Fine, Chop8 strokes

More words with 時

時折ときおり · sometimesN1 時差じさ · time differenceN1 時間割じかんわり · timetableN2 ～時間目～じかんめ · ~th hourN2 時速じそく ·

Full entry on Jisho

speed (per hour)

N2

臨時りんじ · temporaryN2

時期じき · timeN3

時間じかん · timeN5

More words with 刻

時刻表じこくひょう · timetableN1 刻むきざむ · to minceN2 彫刻ちょうこく · carvingN2 刻々ギザギザ · notches 一刻いっこく · a moment 刻こく · carving 刻々こっこく · moment by moment 深刻しんこく · seriousN3

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