深刻化

しんこくか

becoming more serious or severe (problem)

刻一刻

こくいっこく

moment by moment, hour by hour

刻

こく きざ

scratch

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

刻一刻と

こくいっこくと

moment by moment, hour by hour

中刻

ちゅうこく

middle third of a two-hour period

上刻

じょうこく

first third of a two-hour period

刻む

きざむ

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

篆刻

てんこく

seal engraving

刻印

こくいん

carved seal

漏刻

ろうこく

water clock

鏤刻

るこく ろうこく

carve, engrave, shape (sentences)

刻本

こくほん

wood-block book

重刻

じゅうこく

reprinting

陰刻

いんこく

hollow relief (carving)

印刻

いんこく

seal engraving

下刻

げこく

final third of a two-hour period

刻々

こっこく こくこく

moment by moment, hour by hour

彫刻

ちょうこく

carving, engraving, sculpture