Limiting time with 時限
時限 combines kanji for time and limit.
Dictionary Definition
時を限ること。また、限りとして定められた時刻。
Limiting time. Also, setting the time as a limit.
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Examples
Power switch pulled by a timing device with 時限装置
Two murders on a yacht leave the passengers on edge. A blackout occurs followed by another attempted murder. This should narrow down the list of suspects to those who weren’t gathered in the dining room. However, Detective Kogoro finds the power switch had a weight tied to it by rope, with a candle having burned the rope to drop the weight. This allowed the power to be turned off unattended.
- 小五郎:
- 「一種の時限装置です」
- “It's a timing device of sorts.”
Timed explosion with 時限爆弾
Conan overhears Gin and Vodka discuss a bomb they’ve planted. There’s little time left for Conan to find the bomb and get it off the bullet train before it explodes. As he tries to determine who is unknowingly carrying the bomb, he thinks back to what the two had said.
- ジン:
- 「爆発時刻は３時１０分だ．．．」
- “The explosion time is 3:10.”
- 「時限爆弾ですかい？」
- “Is it a time bomb?”