時じ間かん跳ちょう躍やく

noun

time travel; leaping through time

A compound noun literally meaning 'time leap'. Used in science fiction and speculative contexts to refer to traveling through time, often with a nuance of jumping or leaping rather than gradual movement.

• その小しょう説せつは時じ間かん跳ちょう躍やくをテーマにしている。

  That novel is themed around time travel.

• 時じ間かん跳ちょう躍やくが可か能のうになった未み来らいを想そう像ぞうしてみよう。

  Let's imagine a future where leaping through time has become possible.