Keyword
midday
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig1156
Old form
Readings
ひる
(69%)
Composed of
measuring ruler
start of a day
Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
lunch; midday meal
just past noon; afternoon
lunch; midday meal
early afternoon
morning; forenoon; just before noon
midday; broad daylight
day and night
lunch; midday meal
daydream; waking dream
noon; lunch time
daytime; midday
just past noon; afternoon
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
whole day and night; 24 hours
day and night; around the clock
daytime; noon; broad daylight
daytime television serial; soap opera
one's days and nights being reversed
lunch; midday meal
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
daytime; noon period of the day; matinee
day and night
dark even in the daytime
broad daylight
Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)
soap opera
lunch; midday meal
around-the-clock; (working) day and night
diurnality; daytime activity; diurnal
by day and night; day and night; round the clock
early afternoon
openly and in broad daylight
matinee (performance)
women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)
just before noon; late-morning snack
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
daylight color; daylight colour
daytime; noon; broad daylight
dark even in the daytime
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
daytime; noon; broad daylight
there's a reason behind every action; (lit.) a burglar's midday nap (is taken so that he can rob people's houses in the night)
seashore false bindweed (Calystegia soldanella)
sneak thief; daytime prowler; pickpocketing
afternoon assembly (at a company, etc.)
daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
dark even in the daytime
beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)
continuing day and night
day-care center; day-care centre
highest ranking prostitute in Yoshiwara (from the Houreki era onward)
spring day (which seems long and quiet)
obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)
daytime television serial; soap opera
housewife having an affair while her husband is at work
hot summer early afternoon
Examples (200 in total)
I will have finished the work by noon.
The lengths of day and night are the same today.
I slept until noon today.