Where does “時間切れ” come from?

時間切れ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 時間, from Middle Chinese じかん.

時間切れ (Japanese): expiration of the allotted time

Definitions

  1. expiration of the allotted time

Ancestry of “時間切れ”, step by step

時間切れ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 時間

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時間time; hour; the hours or time when something...
2Middle Chineseじかん—

via Japanese 切れ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切れsharpness, cutting quality; cloth; piece, bit,...
2Japanese切れるbe cut off, break, snap, burst, collapse; be cut,...
Every word from Middle Chinese じかん →Every word from Japanese 時間 →