深刻

しんこく

serious, severe, grave, acute

深化

しんか

deepening

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

漏刻

ろうこく

water clock

重刻

じゅうこく

reprinting

刻本

こくほん

wood-block book

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

遅刻

ちこく

lateness, late coming

刻々

こっこく こくこく

moment by moment, hour by hour

刻印

こくいん

carved seal

陰刻

いんこく

hollow relief (carving)

印刻

いんこく

seal engraving

篆刻

てんこく

seal engraving