タイム

From English 'time'. In Japanese, タイム is used primarily in sports and competitive contexts for measured time, and as a call for a pause. It does not replace the general Japanese word for time (時間(じかん)).

Common collocations

• タイムを計(はか)る: to time, to measure the time
• タイムを出(だ)す: to produce/post a time
• タイムを縮(ちぢ)める: to improve (shorten) one's time
• 自己(じこ)ベストタイム: personal best time
• ラップタイム: lap time
• タイムを取(と)る: to call a time-out
• タイムアウト: time-out (formal)

Compounds

• タイムセール: time-limited sale (common in Japanese retail)
• タイムカード: time card (for recording work hours)
• タイムリミット: time limit
• タイムマシン: time machine

Similar words

• 時間(じかん): time — the general Japanese word for time, duration, or hour
• 記録(きろく): record — a broader term for any measured record, including time records