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刻 こく

  1. period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
  2. carving; cutting; engraving; mincing
  3. victory
  4. cruelty; strictness

刻 きざ

  1. scratch

刻む きざむ N2

  1. to chop up; to cut fine; to hash; to mince; to shred
  2. to carve; to chisel; to engrave; to notch
  3. to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to record the passing moments; to tick away (time)
  4. to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly
  5. to have tattooed
  6. to torment

刻々 ギザギザ

  1. indentation; jaggies (stair-step artifacts in computer images); notches; serration
  2. corrugated; jagged; milled; notched; serrated

刻々 こっこく

  1. hour by hour; moment by moment

刻み きざみ

  1. chopping; cutting; mincing; nick; notch
  2. beating; rapping (a percussion instrument)
  3. shredded tobacco
  4. interval

刻一刻 こくいっこく

  1. hour by hour; moment by moment

刻一刻と こくいっこくと

  1. hour by hour; moment by moment

刻々に こっこくに

  1. hour by hour; moment by moment

刻する こくする

  1. to carve; to engrave
  2. to author; to publish
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