Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “昼”

昼

ひる

noon; midday

Example sentence

Ken will be at home until noon.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

昼
On
ちゅう
Kun
ひる
Stroke count
9

・daytime

・noon

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Related words to 昼

49 related words

昼間

ひるま

→

daytime;during the day;time from sunrise until sunset;diurnal period

昼食

ちゅうしょく

→

lunch;midday meal

昼夜

ちゅうや

→

day and night

昼寝

ひるね

→

(afternoon) nap;sleeping during the day;siesta

昼過ぎ

ひるすぎ

→

just past noon;afternoon

昼休み

ひるやすみ

→

lunch break;noon recess;noon rest period

昼下がり

ひるさがり

→

early afternoon

昼飯

ひるめし

→

lunch;midday meal

昼前

ひるまえ

→

morning;forenoon

昼

ひる

→

daytime

昼前

ひるまえ

→

just before noon

昼

ひる

→

lunch

昼ご飯

ひるごはん

→

lunch;midday meal

昼ごはん

ひるごはん

→

lunch;midday meal

昼夜帯

ちゅうやおび

→

women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

昼の部

ひるのぶ

→

daytime;noon period of the day;matinee

昼夜逆転

ちゅうやぎゃくてん

→

one's days and nights being reversed

昼中

ひるなか

→

daytime

昼席

ひるせき

→

matinee (performance)

昼帯

ひるおび

→

soap opera

昼日中

ひるひなか

→

daytime;noon;broad daylight

昼時

ひるどき

→

noon;lunch time

昼会

ひるかい

→

afternoon meeting;afternoon gathering

昼職

ひるしょく

→

daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)

昼興行

ひるこうぎょう

→

matinee

昼も夜も

ひるもよるも

→

day and night

昼光色

ちゅうこうしょく

→

daylight color;daylight colour

昼行性

ちゅうこうせい

→

diurnality;daytime activity

昼夜兼行

ちゅうやけんこう

→

around-the-clock;(working) day and night

昼間託児所

ちゅうかんたくじしょ

→

day-care center;day-care centre

昼間部

ちゅうかんぶ

→

daytime session (of a school, university, etc.)

昼ドラ

ひるドラ

→

daytime television serial;soap opera

昼間人口

ちゅうかんじんこう

→

daytime population

昼行灯

ひるあんどん

→

dunce;blockhead;inattentive person

昼休憩

ひるきゅうけい

→

lunch break

昼間時数

ちゅうかんじすう

→

daytime hours

昼ドラマ

ひるドラマ

→

daytime television serial;soap opera

昼勤

ちゅうきん

→

day shift

昼礼

ちゅうれい

→

afternoon assembly (at a company, etc.)

昼光

ちゅうこう

→

daylight

昼間障害標識

ちゅうかんしょうがいひょうしき

→

obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)

昼光色電球

ちゅうこうしょくでんきゅう

→

daylight lamp

昼メロ

ひるメロ

→

soap opera

昼夜を分かたず

ちゅうやをわかたず

→

by day and night;day and night;round the clock

昼夜を問わず

ちゅうやをとわず

→

day and night;around the clock

昼顔

ひるがお

→

Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)

昼頃

ひるごろ

→

about noon

昼なお暗い

ひるなおくらい

→

dark even in the daytime

昼三

ちゅうさん

→

highest ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara red-light district (from the Hōreki era onward)