例れい刻こく

noun, adverb

the usual time; the regular time

Refers to a habitual or customary time, often used adverbially as 例刻に or 例刻の. Somewhat literary or old-fashioned; in modern casual speech いつもの時間 is more common.

• 彼かれは例れい刻こくに現あらわれた。

  He showed up at the usual time.

• 例れい刻こくの電でん車しゃに乗のる。

  I take the train at the regular time.