| term | pronunciation | English |
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| 彫刻 | ちょうこく | carving, engraving, sculpture |
| 時刻 | じこく | instant, time, moment |
| 深刻 | しんこく | serious |
| 遅刻する | ちおくする | to come late |
| 遅刻 | ちこく | lateness, late coming |
| 一刻 | いっこく | minute, moment, an instant; stubborn, hot-headed |
| 丑の刻 | うしのこく | two o'clock in the morning |
| 亥の刻 | いのこく | 10 o'clock in the evening |
| 刻 | こく | time, carving, engraving, cutting |
| 刻み | きざみ | shredded tobacco, notch, nick |
| 刻苦勉励 | こっくべんれい | being arduous, working diligently enduring hardships |
| 即刻 | そっこく | immediately, at once, instantly |
| 夕刻 | ゆうこく | evening, evening hour |
| 定刻 | ていこく | appointed time, timetable, schedule |
| 寅の刻 | とらのこく | around four o'clock in the morning |
| 小刻み | こきざみ | mincing, bit by bit |
| 深刻化 | しんこくか | becoming more serious or severe (problem) |
| 瞬刻 | しゅんこく | moment, instant |
| 辰の刻 | たつのこく | 8 am, the fifth hour, the Hour of the Dragon |