昼間
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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昼 | 間 |
ひる Grade: 2 |
ま Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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晝間 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Compound of 昼 (hiru, “daytime; noon”) + 間 (ma, “space; period”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Usage notes edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN