Lexical entry
タイムリープ
taimuriipu
The act of jumping through time, often involving a person's consciousness moving to their past self.
Arts & EntertainmentPure GairaigoWasei-EigoSource: English
Meaning
A type of time travel frequently depicted in Japanese fiction where a person leaps back to a point in their own past.
- leaping through time
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- JMdict_english
- Revision
- JMdict.2026-04-17
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- possible-wasei
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- English