刻一刻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刻	一	刻
こく Grade: 6	いつ > いっ Grade: 1	こく Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​くいっこく [kóꜜkùìkkòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝik̚ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

刻(こく)一(いっ)刻(こく) • (kokuikkoku) 

1. moment by moment, hour by hour

   夕焼(ゆうや)けの色(いろ)が刻一刻(こくいっこく)と変化(へんか)していく

   yūyake no iro ga kokuikkoku to henka shiteiku

   the color of the sunset is changing moment by moment