時間

Etymology
For the modern sense of (as opposed to ), reborrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  time
 * 2)  time
 * 3) a point in time
 * 4)  free time; leisure; spare time
 * 1)  time
 * 2) a point in time
 * 3)  free time; leisure; spare time
 * 1)  time
 * 2) a point in time
 * 3)  free time; leisure; spare time
 * 1) a point in time
 * 2)  free time; leisure; spare time
 * 1) a point in time
 * 2)  free time; leisure; spare time
 * 1) a point in time
 * 2)  free time; leisure; spare time
 * 1)  free time; leisure; spare time

Etymology 1
Probably originally borrowed from compound. Repurposed in the early as a translation of the western term  in relation to philosophy in the 1881 publication of  compiled by. The meaning "hour" can be analyzed as a compound of. Compare other terms formed with the suffix like  and.

The reading is a mix of the goon reading ji and the kan'on reading kan, suggesting either that the reading changed after borrowing (from the expected goon pronunciation of jiken or the expected kan'on pronunciation of shikan), or that this term was independently coined in Japanese after the constituent terms and  were borrowed.

Noun

 * 1) time
 * 2) hour
 * 3) the hours or time when something happens
 * 1) hour
 * 2) the hours or time when something happens
 * 1) hour
 * 2) the hours or time when something happens
 * 1) the hours or time when something happens
 * 1) the hours or time when something happens

Usage notes
The more general word for, as in "when something happens", is.

Derived terms

 * : out of time, past the deadline
 * : time zone; time slot
 * : wasting time; killing time
 * : timetable
 * : business hours
 * : required time

Related terms

 * : duration, period

Counter

 * 1) an hour-long period

Etymology 2
Pronunciation shift to a devoiced initial consonant in certain dialects.

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Noun

 * 1)  time
 * 2)  hour
 * 3)  the hours or time when something happens

Counter

 * 1)  an hour-long period