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    3. 丑三つ時

    丑三つ時

    丑うし三みつ​時どき

    dead of night

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab18 strokes

    丑満時丑三つどき丑三時うしみつ時丑みつ時

    うしみつどき

    Noun

    1.
    dead of night, middle of the night, midnight
    2.
    third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    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
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
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