午

Meaning

午 centers on the midday period: noon and the hours around it. The zodiac sign of the horse and its position as the seventh earthly branch are traditional associations tied to this time.

• 午後ごご
  N5

  afternoon; p.m.

• 午前ごぜん
  N5

  morning; a.m.

• 正午しょうご
  N3

  noon; midday

• 午うま

  the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac)

• 端午たんご

  Boys' Day celebration (May 5)

• 子午線しごせん

  meridian

• 初午はつうま

  first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

• 丙午ひのえうま

  Fire Horse (43rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)

• 午睡ごすい

  nap; siesta

• 午前中ごぜんちゅう

  in the morning; during the morning

• 亭午ていご

  noon

• 午の刻うまのこく

  hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm)

• 午の年うまのとし

  year of the Horse

• 午の日うまのひ

  day of the Horse

• 午刻ごこく

  noon

• 午前休ごぜんきゅう

  taking the morning off; time off during the morning

• 午前様ごぜんさま

  coming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight

• 午前零時ごぜんれいじ

  midnight; 12am

• 午年うまどし

  year of the Horse

• 午後一ごごいち

  first thing in the afternoon

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