刻限

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刻	限
こく Grade: 6	げん Grade: 5
on'yomi	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こくげん [kòkúgéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) こくげん [kòkúꜜgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

刻(こく)限(げん) • (kokugen)

appointed time
time, hour
辰(たつ)の刻(こく)限(げん)
tatsu no kokugen
7:00 AM to 9:00 AM
(literally, “the hour of the dragon”)
- 1915, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Rashōmon‎^[1]:
  
  尤(もっと)も今日(きょう)は、刻(こく)限(げん)が遲(おそ)いせいか、一(いち)羽(わ)も見(み)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.

Synonyms

(appointed time): 定(てい)刻(こく) (teikoku)
(time): 時(じ)刻(こく) (jikoku)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN