Illustration: In a small office kitchenette, coworkers finish clearing their lunch bowls while one person opens a window onto a brightly sunlit street. A round analog wall clock with plain tick marks shows twelve forty-five, its short hand between twelve and one and its long hand at nine.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

昼ひる過すぎ

hirusugi

early afternoon

Example sentences

  1. 昼過ひるすぎになると時々眠ときどきねむたくなる。

    I sometimes feel drowsy in the early afternoon.

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  2. 昼過ひるすぎからはちょっと忙いそがしくなるんだ。

    I have rather a busy afternoon in front of me.

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  3. 昼過ひるすぎにはそっちに着つくと思おもうよ。

    I think I’ll get there by early afternoon.

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Kanji in 昼過

  • 昼daytime; noonOnチュウKunひる
  • 過overdo; exceedOnカKunすぎる・すごす・あやまち

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