タイムアップ

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Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from time +‎ up,[1] misconstruction of English time's up, equivalent to タイム (taimu) + アップ (appu).

Pronunciation

Phrase

タイムアップ (taimu appu

  1. time's up

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN