日にち午ご

noun

noon; midday

A somewhat literary or old-fashioned word for noon; in modern everyday speech, 正午 (しょうご) is far more common.

• 日にち午ごの鐘かねが鳴なる頃ころ、村むら人びとたちは畑はたけから戻もどってきた。

  Around the time the noon bell rang, the villagers returned from the fields.