タイム

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English time.

Noun

タイム • (taimu) 

  1. (sports or in compounds) time
    映(えい)画(が)鑑(かん)賞(しょう)タイム
    eiga kanshō taimu
    movie appreciation time
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Etymology 2

Shortening of タイムアウト.

Noun

タイム • (taimu) 

  1. time out in a game or match

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English thyme.

Noun

タイム • (taimu) 

  1. thyme, plants of genus Thymus

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “タイム”, in デジタル大辞泉 ‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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