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    3. 草木も眠る丑三つ時

    草木も眠る丑三つ時

    草くさ木きも​眠ねむる​丑うし三みつ​時どき

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

    NTNounDaily LifeKanji Vocab45 strokes

    くさきもねむるうしみつどき

    Noun

    1.
    dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    草
    くさ・くさ-・-ぐさ…(3)
    grass・weeds・herbs・pasture・write…(1)
    Kanji
    木
    き・こ-…(5)
    tree・wood
    Kanji
    眠
    ねむ.る・ねむ.い…(2)
    sleep・die・sleepy
    Kanji
    丑
    うし…(2)
    sign of the ox or cow・1-3AM・second sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    三
    み・み.つ・みっ.つ…(17)
    three
    Kanji
    時
    とき・-どき…(3)
    time・hour
    Kanji
    も
    mo
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
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    • 三
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