"下午" meaning in Japanese

See 下午 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ɡo̞] Forms: 下午 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), kago [romanization]
Etymology: Cited to roughly 1853 in the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, but possibly older. Ultimately from Middle Chinese 下午 (MC haeX|haeH nguX). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=かご}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|下午}} 下午 (MC haeX|haeH nguX) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かご}} 下(か)午(ご) • (kago)
  1. afternoon, especially the early afternoon
    Sense id: en-下午-ja-noun-Q4UmH6lx
  2. (by extension) over the hill, past middle age Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-下午-ja-noun-BAf1LA1o Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 1 57 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 95 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 2 98 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 96
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Download raw JSONL data for 下午 meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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