昼過ぎ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 昼過ぎ is read as ひるすぎ and means “early afternoon” and “just after noon”.
• Basic usage: It marks a meeting shortly after noon and the time by which morning rain had stopped.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 昼過ぎに / 昼過ぎには
  • 昼過ぎに marks when an event occurs, while 昼過ぎには sets a reference point by which the resulting state holds. It is closer to just after noon than to late afternoon.