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丑三つ時 、 丑満時 (ateji)(rare) うしみつどき 同音

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)
Notes
Contains
丑
chǒu うし 축
second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly
丑三つ
うしみつ
dead of the night
三
sān み 삼
three
三つ
みっつ
three
つ
つ
indicates two contrasting actions
時
shí とき 시
time
う
う
indicates speculation
き
き
did
し
し
and
ど
ど
but
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