昼間

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼	間
ひる Grade: 2	ま Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
晝間 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 昼 (hiru, “daytime; noon”) +‎ 間 (ma, “space; period”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひるま [hìrúmáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[3]^[2]
IPA^(key): [çiɾɯ̟ma̠]

Noun

昼(ひる)間(ま) • (hiruma)

daytime

Usage notes

Synonymous with 昼 (hiru), お昼 (ohiru). The term 昼間 (hiruma) is used to more specifically indicate the daytime, as opposed to the synonyms' possible additional meanings of noon or noonday meal → lunch.

Derived terms

真(ま)っ昼(ぴる)間(ま) (mappiruma)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 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

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