持(も)ち時 間(じかん)

もちじかん

noun

allotted time; time available to a player or speaker

1. allotted time; one's own share of time

The amount of time assigned to one side or one person — a player's clock in shogi, go, or chess, or the minutes given to a speaker or presenter. Once it runs out, the turn or the talk is over.

持(も)ち時間(じかん)は十分(じゅっぷん)です。

You have ten minutes.

持(も)ち時間(じかん)が残(のこ)り少(すく)なくなってきた。

There is not much time left on my clock.

この対局(たいきょく)は持(も)ち時間(じかん)が各(かく)三時間(さんじかん)で、使(つか)い切(き)ると一手(いって)一分(いっぷん)で指(さ)さなければならない。

Each player has three hours in this match, and once that is used up they must move within one minute per move.

持(も)つ (to hold) plus 時間(じかん) (time): the time one "holds" and may spend as one likes. Standard vocabulary in board games and in conference or debate programs.

Common collocations

持(も)ち時間(じかん)を使(つか)い切(き)る: to use up one's time
持(も)ち時間(じかん)が切(き)れる: to run out of time
持(も)ち時間(じかん)内(ない)に収(おさ)める: to keep within the time allotted
各(かく)持(も)ち時間(じかん)三時間(さんじかん): three hours each

Similar words

制限(せいげん)時間(じかん): time limit — an upper bound on how long something may take, not a personal allowance
時間切(じかんぎ)れ: running out of time — the state of having exhausted it

Related Words

Related: 時間切(じかんぎ)れ

Related: 時間(じかん)

Compare: 制限時間(せいげんじかん) (time limit)

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Added 2026.8.11 12:25 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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