昼過ぎ
Meanings
1
just past noon; afternoon
Refers to the time shortly after noon, roughly from 12:00 to early afternoon. Can be used as a noun or adverbially.
There is a meeting just after noon.
I ended up sleeping until the afternoon.
Usage patterns
- 昼過ぎに〈動詞〉to do something in the early afternoon
A friend came to my house in the early afternoon.
- 昼過ぎまで〈動詞〉to do something until early afternoon
I slept until the early afternoon yesterday.
- 昼過ぎから〈動詞〉to do something starting from early afternoon
It started raining from the early afternoon.