hour

時間

六十分の長さの時間。

やさしい英語で： A period of sixty minutes.

• The journey takes an hour.
• We waited for two hours.
• How many hours do you work each day?

よく使う表現： an hour, half an hour, per hour

時刻、時

一日の中のある時、または重要なことが起こる時。

やさしい英語で： A particular time of day, or a time when something important happens.

• Why are you awake at this hour?
• They stood by him in his darkest hour.
• Help arrived at the hour of greatest need.

使い方： at an/the hour (Why are you calling at this hour?); hour of something (Her friends supported her in her hour of need.)

類義語： time, moment

よく使う表現： at this hour, hour of need, darkest hour

時刻

時計が示す時。特に何時かを尋ねたり答えたりするときの時刻。

やさしい英語で： The time shown by a clock, especially when asking or saying what time it is.

• Can you tell me the hour?
• The hour grew late, and the guests left.
• The clock struck, announcing the hour.

類義語： time

よく使う表現： tell the hour, hour grows late, know the hour