刻一刻

こくいっこく

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

一刻

いっこく

minute, moment, an instant

一刻者

stubborn person; obstinate person

一刻み

ひときざみ

top-notch

刻

こく きざ

scratch

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

春宵一刻

しゅんしょういっこく

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

彫刻

ちょうこく

carving, engraving, sculpture

刻印

こくいん

carved seal

深刻

しんこく

serious, severe, grave, acute

遅刻

ちこく

lateness, late coming

刻む

きざむ

to mince, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to shred

時刻

じこく

instant, time, moment

打刻

だこく

to impress, to engrave, to incise

刻銘

inscription on stone monuments, metal receptacles, etc.; exergue; inscribing

上刻

じょうこく

first third of a two-hour period

翻刻

ほんこく はんこく

reprint, reprinting (e.g. a book)