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])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡ɕiʑikã̠ɴ]

Noun

もちじかん • (mochijikan) 

1. alloted 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 alloted for a player to make a move

See also

• 制限時間(せいげんじかん) (seigen jikan)
• シンキングタイム (shinkingu taimu)