辰の刻

たつのこく

8 am, the fifth hour, the Hour of the Dragon

丑の刻

うしのこく

two o'clock in the morning

寅の刻

とらのこく

around four o'clock in the morning

亥の刻

いのこく

time of the boar (9-11pm)

巳の刻

みのこく

hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); hour of the Serpent

酉の刻

とりのこく

hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm); hour of the Cock

午の刻

うまのこく

hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm)

戌の刻

いぬのこく

hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm)

子の刻

ねのこく

midnight

卯の刻

うのこく

hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am); hour of the Hare

未の刻

ひつじのこく

hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm)

申の年

さるのとし

year of the Monkey

申の日

さるのひ

day of the Monkey

刻一刻

こくいっこく

moment by moment, hour by hour

刻

こく きざ

scratch

申

さる

ninth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 3pm-5pm, west-southwest, July)

壬申の乱

じんしんのらん

Jinshin revolt (671CE)

刻一刻と

こくいっこくと

moment by moment, hour by hour

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