昼前

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼	前
ひる Grade: 2	まえ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
晝前 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひるまえ [hìrúmáꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [çiɾɯ̟ma̠e̞]

Noun

昼(ひる)前(まえ) • (hirumae) ^{←ひるまへ (firumafe)^?}

before noon, mid to late morning
昼前(ひるまえ)からは雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り出(だ)した。
Hirumae kara wa ame ga furidashita.
It started raining in late morning.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN