How to say "hourly" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 時々刻々じじこっこくadverbFor 'hourly' it only covers 'from hour to hour': change unfolding moment by moment as time passes, as when describing how a situation shifts — seldom the word you want for something happening once every hour.
- 毎時まいじnoun, adverbCovers 'hourly' in the frequency sense, 'every hour': the natural choice when something happens once every hour, such as an hourly departure, or when an amount or speed is given per hour.
For 'hourly' meaning once every hour, use 毎時; 時々刻々 instead paints change unfolding moment by moment as time passes, so it seldom fits schedules or per-hour amounts.
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