春宵一刻値千金

しゅんしょういっこくあたいせんきん

a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold

春宵

しゅんしょう

spring evening

春の宵

はるのよい

spring evening

一宵

いっしょう

one evening, one night

一刻一刻

いっこくいっこく

hourly, from hour to hour, moment by moment, momently, from one minute to the next, with each passing moment

刻一刻

こくいっこく

moment by moment, hour by hour

一刻

いっこく

minute, moment, an instant

刻一刻と

こくいっこくと

moment by moment, hour by hour

一刻者

stubborn person; obstinate person

一刻み

ひときざみ

top-notch

春一番

はるいちばん

first storm of spring, strong winds during the change from winter to spring

宵

よい

evening, early night hours

一寸刻み

(at a) snail's pace; inch by (painful) inch

一刻千金

いっこくせんきん

every moment is precious, time is money, precious time

元宵

night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

宵月

よいづき

evening moon, moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month)

今宵

こよい

this evening, tonight

半宵

はんしょう

midnight

宵闇

よいやみ

dusk, twilight