タイムアタック

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from time +‎ attack, equivalent to タイム (taimu) +‎ アタック (atakku).

Noun

タイムアタック • (taimu atakku) 

1. (cycling, motor racing, video games) a time trial; a race against the clock
2. (video games, by extension) a speedrun, including tool-assisted speedruns

Descendants

• → English: time attack (calque)

Verb

タイムアタックする • (taimu atakku suru) suru (stem タイムアタックし (taimu atakkusuru shi), past タイムアタックした (taimu atakkusuru shita))

1. (video games) to speedrun

References

• "もりもと" (2006 May 20 (last accessed)) “ホーム ページ”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], @nifty, archived from the original on 27 June 2006
• わいわい芸夢館 editors (2006) “わいわい芸夢館”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2], @nifty, archived from the original on 12 June 2006