もちじかん

Japanese

Alternative spellings
持ち時間
持時間

Etymology

From 持(も)ち (mochi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 持(も)つ (motsu).”) + 時間(じかん) (jikan).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) もちじかん [mòchíjíꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡ɕiʑikã̠ɴ]

Noun

もちじかん • (mochijikan) 

  1. allotted time; given time (applying to the entire match, with time consumed upon each player's move, and loss awarded to the player who runs out of time first)
    1. (games) time allotted for a player to make a move

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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