ひととき・ひと時・一時hitotoki[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nouna (short) time; a while; moment
   私達わたしたちは海岸かいがんですばらしいひとときを過すごした。↗

   We had a glorious time at the seaside.
2. noun, adverbone time (in the past); a period; former times
3. nountwo-hour period

• Synonym一刻いっこくNeutralA moment; mostly in set phrases like 「一刻も早く」「一刻を争う」. 「ひと時」 is a stretch of time and can also mean a period in the past.
• Synonymつかの間つかのまNeutralStresses how fleeting something is, as in 「つかの間の休息」; 「ひと時」 stresses the time itself that one spends.
• Synonym寸時すんじWrittenWritten/formal prose for a moment, as in 「寸時も惜しむ」; rare — in everyday speech say 「ひと時」 or 「少しの間」.
• Synonym寸秒すんびょうWrittenWritten/formal prose for an extremely short time; much shorter than 「ひと時」 and rare — everyday speech says 「一瞬」.
• Synonym分秒ふんびょうNeutralAn instant; typically in 「分秒を争う」, stressing urgency — a usage 「ひと時」 does not have.
• Synonym寸刻すんこくWrittenWritten/formal prose for a moment, as in 「寸刻を惜しむ」; rare — everyday speech says 「少しの間」.
• Antonym永遠えいえんNeutralEternity, as in 「永遠の愛」; the opposite of the brief 「ひと時」 in span of time.
• Antonym恒久こうきゅうWrittenLasting and unchanging, as in 「恒久平和」; mostly written/formal prose; contrasts with the brief 「ひと時」.
• Antonym永久とわWrittenRead とわ; eternity with a literary flavor, as in 「とわの眠り」; contrasts with the brief 「ひと時」.

Use 「ひと時」 for a stretch of time or a moment, as in 「楽しいひと時」「つらいひと時」. For something fleeting say 「つかの間」; keep 「一刻」 for set phrases like 「一刻も早く」. The 寸-words are rare written terms. The opposite of a brief 「ひと時」 is 「永遠」.

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1. （いちじ、いっとき、ひととき）ある短みじかい時間じかん。特とくに過去かこのある期間きかん。
2. （いっとき）少すこしの間あいだ。
3. （いちじ、いちどき、いっとき）同時どうじ。
4. （いっとき、ひととき）昔むかしの時間じかん区分くぶん。現在げんざいの二に時間じかん。