子ねの時とき

noun

midnight; the hour of the Rat

Traditional Japanese timekeeping: the two-hour period centered on midnight (roughly 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.), associated with the Rat in the Chinese zodiac.

• 昔むかしの日本にほんでは、子ねの時ときは夜よるの11時じから1時じまでを指さした。

  In old Japan, the hour of the Rat referred to the period from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.