タイミング
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What it means
タイミング means the moment or alignment when something should occur for best effect; it refers to recognizing and acting at the right time, coordinating actions, or seizing opportunities in daily life, work, or events.
Main meanings
- Timing as the right moment to act in activities, from sports to performances to decisions in daily life.
- Synchronization or pacing within a process, ensuring steps occur in proper order.
- Nuance of seizing opportunities, reading social cues, or predicting the best moment.
How to use it
Used in formal discussion and everyday talk to describe when to act, start, or synchronize; common in business, sports, entertainment, and technology; typical expressions include そのタイミングで, タイミングを見計らう, タイミングが重要だ.
Variants and close terms
- 機会 (kikai) — opportunity
- 時機 (jiki) — opportune moment
- 適切なタイミング (tekisetsu na taimingu) — appropriate timing
- 不適切なタイミング (futekisetsu na taimingu) — inappropriate timing
Etymology
From English timing, borrowed into Japanese as タイミング; the word is a phonetic loanword adapted to katakana.
Origin
Borrowed into modern Japanese during the late 19th century to early 20th century amid rapid modernization and Western influence; it spread through business, media, sports, and popular culture, becoming a common term for moment of action.
Word class
noun (名詞)