noun
time stop; stopping of time
Used in fiction, games, and speculative contexts to describe the halting of time. Often appears in phrases like 時間停止能力 (time-stopping ability) or 時間停止装置 (time-stopping device).
そのゲームでは、時間停止の魔法が使える。
In that game, you can use time-stopping magic.
時間停止能力を持った主人公が敵を倒す。
The protagonist with the ability to stop time defeats the enemy.
A more colloquial or poetic term for stopping time, often used in manga or light novels. 時間停止 is more formal and technical.
Compound of 時間 (time) and 停止 (stop, halt). A straightforward modern coinage for the concept of time stopping, common in speculative fiction.