昼間

Japanese
Kanji in this term
昼 間
ひる
Grade: 2		 ま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
晝間 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひるま​ [hìrúmáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[3][2]
  • IPA(key): [çiɾɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Noun

昼(ひる)間(ま) • (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. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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