時ときを刻きざむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

mark the passage of time; let time pass

Used for clocks, watches, or natural phenomena that audibly or visibly mark time, and for situations where one feels time passing.

• 古ふるい柱はしら時計どけいが時ときを刻きざむ音おとが部屋へやに響ひびいていた。

  The sound of the old wall clock marking time echoed through the room.

• 彼かれはただぼんやりと時ときを刻きざんでいた。

  He was just idly letting time pass.