時じ法ほう

noun

time convention; hour system; way of dividing the day into hours

Refers to the system or convention for dividing a day into hours, such as the 12-hour or 24-hour clock, or historical temporal hour systems.

• 日本にほんでは、24時間制にじゅうよじかの時法んせいのじほが広うがひろく使つかわれている。

  In Japan, the 24-hour time convention is widely used.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには不ふ定てい時じ法ほうという時じ法ほうが用もちいられていた。

  During the Edo period, a time convention called the temporal hour system was used.