Keyword
midday
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig1156
Old form晝
Readings
ひる
(72%)
Composed of
measuring ruler
start of a day
Used in vocabulary (96 in total)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
lunch; midday meal
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
just past noon; afternoon
morning; forenoon; just before noon
lunch; midday meal
lunch; midday meal
early afternoon
midday; broad daylight
day and night
just past noon; afternoon
lunch; midday meal
daydream; waking dream
noon; lunch time
daytime; midday
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
whole day and night; 24 hours
day and night; around the clock
lunch; midday meal
daytime; noon; broad daylight
daytime television serial; soap opera
one's days and nights being reversed
lunch; midday meal
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
noon; lunch time
lunch; midday meal
daytime; noon period of the day; matinee
dark even in the daytime
day and night
broad daylight
Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)
soap opera
lunch; midday meal
around-the-clock; (working) day and night
lunchtime training; lunch break practice
by day and night; day and night; round the clock
diurnality; daytime activity; diurnal
early afternoon
lunch; midday meal
openly and in broad daylight
morning, afternoon and evening
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
matinee (performance)
women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)
daylight color; daylight colour
daytime session (of a school, university, etc.)
just before noon; late-morning snack
lunch; midday meal
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
dark even in the daytime
daytime; noon; broad daylight
there's a reason behind every action; (lit.) a burglar's midday nap (is taken so that he can rob people's houses in the night)
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
daytime; noon; broad daylight
sneak thief; daytime prowler; pickpocketing
afternoon meeting; afternoon gathering
continuing day and night
seashore false bindweed (Calystegia soldanella)
afternoon assembly (at a company, etc.)
daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)
lunch; midday meal
dark even in the daytime
beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)
day-care center; day-care centre
highest ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara red-light district (from the Hōreki era onward)
spring day (which seems long and quiet)
obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)
daytime television serial; soap opera
housewife having an affair while her husband is at work
hot summer early afternoon
morning, afternoon and evening; breakfast, lunch and dinner
hemeralopia; day blindness
Examples (200 in total)
Come to think of it, what are the plans for lunch?
What shall I eat for lunch tomorrow?
During the lunch break, I went outside the workplace.