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    3. 寅の刻

    寅の刻

    寅とらの​刻こく

    hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am)

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    とらのこく

    Noun

    1.
    hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am)
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    寅
    とら…(3)
    sign of the tiger・3-5AM・third sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    刻
    きざ.む・きざ.み…(1)
    engrave・cut fine・chop・hash・mince…(2)
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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