Word Meaning 草木も眠る丑三つ時

くさきもねむるうしみつどき kusaki mo nemuruushimitsudoki

草木も眠る丑三つ時 is read as くさきもねむるうしみつどき (kusaki mo nemuruushimitsudoki) and means dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

くさきもねむるうしみつどき

Romaji

kusaki mo nemuruushimitsudoki

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 45 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 111390 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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)

草木染め

くさきぞめ

dyeing with vegetable dyes

木の芽時

きのめどき

early spring

草木

くさき

plants

草根木皮

そうこんぼくひ

roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine

三時

さんじ

3 o'clock

高木仁三郎市民科学基金

たかぎじんざぶろうしみんかがくききん

Takagi Fund for Citizen Science

睡眠時間

すいみんじかん

(one's) sleeping hours

睡眠時無呼吸症候群

すいみんじむこきゅうしょうこうぐん

sleep apnea syndrome

三遍回って煙草にしょ

さんべんまわってたばこにしょ

measure twice and cut once

睡眠時遊行症

すいみんじゆうこうしょう

sleepwalking

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