引ひけ時どき

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Meanings

Refers to the time when a place (shop, office, event) closes or when it is appropriate to leave. Often used in phrases like 引け時になる or 引け時を知らせる.

そろそろ引ひけ時どきだ。
It's about time to leave.
店みせの引ひけ時どきは夜よるの10時じです。
The shop's closing time is 10 p.m.

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
時time, hour
退retreat, withdraw, retire

Related words

閉へい店てん時じ間かん
閉店時間 is a more formal term for store closing time, while 引け時 is a casual, everyday expression for the time to leave or wrap up.
終しゅう業ぎょう時じ間かん
終業時間 specifically means the end of the workday at a company, whereas 引け時 can be used more broadly for any situation where it's time to go.

Built from

引ひける+時とき

Written forms

引ひけ時どきUsage67%
Standard kanji spelling for 'closing time' or 'time to leave'.
退ひけ時どきUsage17%
Alternate kanji spelling using 退 (withdraw/retreat), less common but still seen.
ひけどきUsage17%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji choice is not important.

Etymology

Compound of 引け (hike, the continuative form of 引く 'to pull back, withdraw') and 時 (toki/doki, 'time'). The kanji 引け時 uses 引 (pull/withdraw), while the variant 退け時 uses 退 (retreat).