時じ刻こく

noun

time; clock time; hour

Refers to a specific point in time, especially the time shown by a clock or scheduled time. Common in compounds and phrases such as 出発時刻 and 現在の時刻.

• 正せい確かくな時じ刻こくを教おしえてください。

  Please tell me the exact time.

• 電でん車しゃの出しゅっ発ぱつ時じ刻こくを確かく認にんした。

  I checked the train's departure time.

noun

favorable time; opportunity; chance

A less common, more literary or dramatic use meaning the moment has come for something. In everyday Japanese, 時機, 好機, or チャンス is usually clearer for 'opportunity.'

• いよいよ反はん撃げきの時じ刻こくが到とう来らいした。

  At last the moment for a counterattack had arrived.