Illustration: At a Japanese apartment breakfast table, a toddler has nudged a ceramic cup beyond the edge. The cup hangs just below the tabletop, tilted, with a small arc of tea beginning to escape.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ刻こく

ikkoku

a moment, an instant

Often used in expressions of urgency. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 一刻いっこくの猶予ゆうよもならない。

    There is no time to be lost.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 一刻いっこくも早はやくここを出でなければならない。

    We should lose no time in leaving here.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 事態じたいは急きゅうを要ようするので一刻いっこくも待まてないと彼かれは言いった。

    He said that the matter was urgent, and that there was not a moment to lose.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一刻

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 刻engrave; cut fineOnコクKunきざむ・きざみ

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