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タイムトンネル (taimutonneru) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

タイムトンネル

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Meanings

1

time tunnel

Science fiction term for a passageway that enables travel through time.

そのSF映えい画がでは、主しゅ人じん公こうがタイムトンネルを通とおって過か去こへ行いく

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In that sci-fi movie, the protagonist goes to the past through a time tunnel.

Related words

タイムマシン
タイムマシン is a time machine (a device), while タイムトンネル is specifically a tunnel-like passage for time travel.
ワームホール
ワームホール is a wormhole, a theoretical spacetime shortcut; タイムトンネル is a more general sci-fi concept of a time-travel passage.

Built from

タイム+トンネル

Written forms

タイム・トンネル
- タイムトンネル
  Variant with interpunct; less common but seen in some contexts.
- タイム・トンネル

Etymology

Loanword from English 'time tunnel'.