昼間

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼 間
ひる
Grade: 2		 ま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 昼 (hiru, “daytime; noon”) +‎ 間 (ma, “space; period”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

昼間 (hiragana ひるま, rōmaji hiruma)

  1. daytime

Usage notes

Synonymous with 昼 (hiru), お昼 (ohiru). The term 昼間 (hiruma) is used to more specifically indicate the daytime, as opposed to the synonyms' possible additional meanings of noon or noonday meal → lunch.

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.