Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 時


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Meaning

time, hour

Pronunciation

JI
toki

Explanation

Left: day , right: temple (... made from earth and built with skillful hands )

Mnemonic

A day in the temple passes like just one hour.

Radicals

day, sun(The radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.)
Temple
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Vocabulary

時計 とけい watch, clock
時刻表 じこくひょう timetable, diagram, chart,schedule
時間 じかん time
時差ぼけ じさぼけ jetlag
時差 じさ time difference
時代 じだい period, epoch, era
昭和時代 しょうわじだい Showa period (1926-1989)
時々 ときどき sometimes
日時 にちじ date and time


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