時限爆弾

See also: 時限爆彈

Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	限	爆	弾
じ Grade: 2	げん Grade: 5	ばく Grade: S	だん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
時限爆彈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 時限(じげん) (jigen, “time limit”) + 爆弾(ばくだん) (bakudan, “bomb”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じげんばくだん [jìgéń báꜜkùdàǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡe̞m ba̠kɯ̟dã̠ɴ]

Noun

時(じ)限(げん)爆(ばく)弾(だん) • (jigen bakudan)

a time bomb (bomb with a timeout mechanism)
手(て)製(せい)の時(じ)限(げん)爆(ばく)弾(だん)が爆(ばく)発(はつ)した。
Tesei no jigen bakudan ga bakuhatsu shita.
A handmade time bomb went off.

References

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