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jikan

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt

Word form	jikan
Original script	時間
LWT meaning(s)	the time the hour
Word meaning	“hour”. “time”
Analyzability	analyzable compound
Gloss	ji-kan time-interval
Age	Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007)
Lexical stratum	kango
Year	1874
Register	General
Numeric frequency	1010.6

Loanword Information

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Comments	translational equivalent of English time.
Source words	shíjiān 'time' Chinese
Effect	Coexistence
Salience	Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation	Sinicization [21]