丑三つ時
うしみつどき
Also written 丑満時
Meanings
- Noun 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 (うしのこく).
Kanji
- 丑 sign of the ox or cow; 1-3AM; second sign of Chinese zodiac. Read as うし.
- 三 three. Read as みつ.
- 時 time. Read as とき.
Words containing 丑三つ時
- 草木も眠る丑三つ時 (くさきもねむるうしみつどき) dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)