Word Meaning 丑三つ時

うしみつどき ushimitsudoki

丑三つ時 is read as うしみつどき (ushimitsudoki) and means third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am).

Meaning

English

  1. third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
  2. dead of night
  3. middle of the night
  4. midnight

Reading

Kana

うしみつどき

Romaji

ushimitsudoki

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 104141 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

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草木も眠る丑三つ時

くさきもねむるうしみつどき

dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)

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

三時

さんじ

3 o'clock

うし

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

臨時

りんじ

special

潮時

しおどき

tidal hour

即時

そくじ

prompt

随時

ずいじ

at any time

瞬時

しゅんじ

instant

盛時

せいじ

prime of life

往時

おうじ

the past

事故時

じこじ

(at) the time of an accident