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子ねの刻こく
Archaic
Meanings
Archaic
Expression
Noun
1. hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am)
Kanji used
子
child
刻
carve into
Composed of
the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); north; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty