Word Meaning 一刻

いっこく ikkoku

一刻 is read as いっこく (ikkoku) and means stubborn.

Meaning

English

stubborn
obstinate
a moment
a minute
an instant

Reading

Kana

いっこく

Romaji

ikkoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 13965 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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一刻一刻

いっこくいっこく

hourly

一刻千金

いっこくせんきん

every moment is precious

一刻を争う

いっこくをあらそう

to race against time

一刻み

ひときざみ

top-notch

一刻も早く

いっこくもはやく

immediately

一刻者

いっこくもの

stubborn person

刻一刻

こくいっこく

moment by moment

一刻の猶予もない

いっこくのゆうよもない

not a moment to waste

一寸刻み

いっすんきざみ

(at a) snail's pace

春宵一刻

しゅんしょういっこく

a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)

刻一刻と

こくいっこくと

moment by moment

春宵一刻値千金

しゅんしょういっこくあたいせんきん

a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold

Example Sentences

一刻も早く医者を呼んでください。

いっこくもはやくいしゃをよんでください。

Please call a doctor as soon as possible.

時が一刻一刻と過ぎていく。

ときがいっこくいっこくとすぎていく。

Time passes moment by moment.

一刻の猶予も許されなかった。

Not a moment could be lost.

事態は一刻の猶予も許さない。

There's not a moment to waste.

こんな狭苦しい部屋からは一刻も早く脱出したいよ。

I want to move out of this cramped room as soon as I can.

事態は急を要するので一刻も待てないと彼は言った。

He said that the matter was urgent, and that there was not a moment to lose.

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