正午 (shōgo) means “noon” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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正午を過ぎても、店はまだ混んでいます。shō go o su gi te mo mise wa ma da ko n de i ma su

Even after noon, the store is still crowded.

Names the point that divides the daytime into a morning half and an afternoon half.

真昼mahiru: The central period of the day when the sun is usually highest.

昼の十二時を指す時刻。hiru no jū ni ji o sa su ji koku

正午 (shōgo, "noon") is a Sino-Japanese compound of 正 (shō, "correct") and 午 (go, "noon"), with 正 adding the sense of an exact point.

In English, "noon" appears in the familiar phrase "high noon," which links the time to classic Western showdowns and makes the word easy to recognize.