寸すん陰いん

noun

moment; short time

Literary word for a very brief moment; almost exclusively used in the fixed expression 寸陰を惜しむ (to make the most of every moment).

• 彼かれは寸すん陰いんを惜おしんで勉べん強きょうした。

  He studied, making the most of every moment.

• 「寸すん陰いんを惜おしむ」という言こと葉ばは、時じ間かんを大たい切せつにする意い味みだ。

  The phrase 寸陰を惜しむ means to value one's time.