Word Meaning 四六時中

しろくじちゅう shirokujichuu

四六時中 is read as しろくじちゅう (shirokujichuu) and means around the clock.

Meaning

English

  1. around the clock
  2. day and night

Reading

Kana

しろくじちゅう

Romaji

shirokujichuu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Yojijukugo Rank 22823 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

二六時中

にろくじちゅう

night and day

四公六民

しこうろくみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%

四一六事件

しいちろくじけん

April 16 incident (arrests of communists and members of other anti-government groups; 1929)

四六判

しろくばん

shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm)

四分六

しぶろく

six to four ratio

就業時間中

しゅうぎょうじかんちゅう

during working hours

六つ時

むつどき

(approx.) six o'clock (am or pm, old time system)

二十四時間制

にじゅうよじかんせい

around-the-clock system

六十四分音符

ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ

64th note

懐中時計

かいちゅうどけい

pocket watch

第四次中東戦争

だいよじちゅうとうせんそう

Yom Kippur War

中石器時代

ちゅうせっきじだい

Mesolithic