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])
• (Tokyo) こく​げん [kòkúꜜgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

刻(こく)限(げん) • (kokugen) 

1. appointed time
2. 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, 芥(あくた)川(がわ)龍(りゅう)之(の)介(すけ) [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa], 羅(ら)生(しょう)門(もん) (Rashōmon) [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)