Word Meaning 一刻一刻

いっこくいっこく ikkokuikkoku

一刻一刻 is read as いっこくいっこく (ikkokuikkoku) and means hourly.

Meaning

English

hourly
from hour to hour
moment by moment
momently
from one minute to the next
with each passing moment

Reading

Kana

いっこくいっこく

Romaji

ikkokuikkoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 105647 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一刻

いっこく

stubborn

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

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.