時ときの鐘かね

expression, noun

hour bell; time bell

A bell that rings to announce the time, historically used in Japan to mark the hours.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、時ときの鐘かねは町まちの人ひと々びとに時じ刻こくを知しらせていた。

  In the Edo period, the hour bell told the townspeople the time.