Word Meaning 丑の刻

Listen to 丑の刻参り

丑の刻参り

うしのこくまいり

cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

Listen to 丑

丑

うし

hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am)

Listen to 丑三つ時

丑三つ時

うしみつどき

third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

Listen to 丑の時参り

丑の時参り

うしのときまいり

cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

Listen to 彫刻

彫刻

ちょうこく

carving

Listen to 即刻

即刻

そっこく

immediately

Listen to 死亡推定時刻

死亡推定時刻

しぼうすいていじこく

estimated time of death

Listen to 標本時刻

標本時刻

ひょうほんじこく

sampling time

Listen to 亥の刻

亥の刻

いのこく

hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight)

Listen to 春宵一刻

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)

Listen to 時刻

時刻

じこく

time

Listen to 深刻

深刻

しんこく

serious