タイムアタック

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Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from time +‎ attack, equivalent to タイム (taimu) +‎ アタック (atakku).

Noun

タイムアタック (taimu atakku

  1. (cycling, motor racing, video games) a time trial; a race against the clock
  2. (video games, by extension) a speedrun, including tool-assisted speedruns

Descendants

  • English: time attack (calque)

Verb

タイムアタックする (taimu atakku surusuru (stem タイムアタック (taimu atakku shi), past タイムアタックした (taimu atakku shita))

  1. (video games) to speedrun

References

  • "もりもと" (2006 May 20 (last accessed)) “ホーム ページ”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), @nifty, archived from the original on 27 June 2006
  • わいわい芸夢館 editors (2006) “わいわい芸夢館”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), @nifty, archived from the original on 12 June 2006