時とき中なか

noun

one hour (archaic time unit)

Archaic term for a unit of time equal to one modern hour. Used in historical contexts, especially in reference to the traditional Japanese temporal system where a day was divided into 12 'hours' of varying length. Not used in contemporary Japanese; the modern word for 'one hour' is 一時間 (いちじかん).

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、一いっ刻こくが約やく二に時じ間かんで、時とき中なかはその半はん分ぶんにあたる。

  In the Edo period, one 'koku' was about two hours, and 'tokinaka' was half of that.