頃けい刻こく

noun

short period; brief moment

Rare literary term for a very short span of time. In modern Japanese, expressions like 少しの間 or 一瞬 are far more common.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくでは、「頃けい刻こく」が短みじかい時じ間かんを表あらわす語ごとして見みられる。

  In classical literature, 頃刻 can be seen as a word meaning a short time.