- 遅刻【ちこく】 - lateness, tardiness, arriving late 
- 深刻【しんこく】 - serious, severe, grave, acute 
- 刻む【きざむ】 - to mince, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to shred, to carve, to engrave, to chisel, to notch, to tick away (time), to beat out (e.g. rhythm), to record the passing moments, to etch (into one's mind), to remember distinctly, to have tattooed, to torment 
- 時刻【じこく】 - time, (the) hour, favourable time, opportunity, chance 
- 彫刻【ちょうこく】 - carving, engraving, sculpture 
- 時刻表【じこくひょう】 - timetable, schedule 
- 刻一刻【こくいっこく】 - moment by moment, hour by hour 
- 一刻も早く【いっこくもはやく】 - immediately, as soon as possible, as quickly as possible 
- 一刻【いっこく】 - a moment, a minute, an instant, stubborn, obstinate 
- 深刻化【しんこくか】 - becoming more serious or severe, aggravation, intensification 
- 刻み【きざみ】 - mincing, cutting, chopping, notch, nick, rapping (a percussion instrument), beating, shredded tobacco, interval 
- 定刻【ていこく】 - appointed time, timetable, schedule 
- 小刻み【こきざみ】 - mincing, chopping finely, short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps), gradual, bit by bit, little by little 
- 刻々【こっこく】 - moment by moment, hour by hour 
- 即刻【そっこく】 - immediately, at once, instantly 
- 夕刻【ゆうこく】 - evening, evening hour 
- 復刻【ふっこく】 - republication, reissue, reprinting, reproduction 
- 篆刻【てんこく】 - seal engraving 
- 刻印【こくいん】 - engraving a seal, engraved seal, inscribed seal, engraving, inscribing, stamping (an impression), brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace), stamp, reputation 
- 復刻版【ふっこくばん】 - facsimile edition, reprint