Frequency rank: 54,044. – 55,693.
- dead of night; middle of the night; midnight
- third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)see also 丑の刻
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- dead of night; middle of the night; midnight
- third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
This term refers to the very late hours of the night when it is usually quiet and dark, often associated with supernatural events or eerie atmospheres.
He woke up in the dead of night.
When walking in the middle of the night, I felt an eerie presence.
This meaning specifically refers to a time period in traditional Japanese timekeeping, indicating the specific hours aligned with the ox in the traditional 12-hour clock.
Generated collocations (experimental)
うしみつどき丑三つ時におきる起きるto wake up at the dead of nightうしみつどき丑三つ時のしずけさ静けさsilence of the dead of nightうしみつどき丑三つ時にこと事をするto act in the dead of nightうしみつどき丑三つ時のえいきょう影響influence of the dead of nightうしみつどき丑三つ時のたんれん鍛錬training in the middle of the nightうしみつどき丑三つ時にかんがえる考えるto contemplate at the dead of nightうしみつどき丑三つ時のゆめ夢dreams in the middle of the nightうしみつどき丑三つ時にかえる帰るto return in the dead of nightうしみつどき丑三つ時のぶきみ不気味さspookiness of the dead of night
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