時は動き出す
toki wa ugokidasu
The Japanese phrase for "time resume" is 時は動き出す (toki wa ugokidasu).
This phrase is often used in a poetic or dramatic sense to describe time resuming its flow, rather than a literal technical command to resume a timer.
What does it mean word for word?
時 (toki) means "time".
How does it change in a sentence?
The particle は (wa) marks 時 (toki) as the topic of the sentence.
How do you pronounce it?
toki wa ugokidasu
Did you know?
- The suffix 出す (dasu) in 動き出す literally means 'to put out', imagining the action of moving as something being pushed out from a state of stillness.
- In Japanese literature, describing time as 'moving' with 動き出す can be a metaphor for a character waking from a long coma or a period of stagnation, rather than just a clock restarting.
- While 時は動き出す describes time starting to move, Japanese has no single word for 'pause' that applies to time in the same way it applies to a video player.
Examples in context
- 静寂の中で、時は動き出す。Seijaku no naka de, toki wa ugokidasu.In the silence, time begins to move again.
Example conversation
Two siblings are playing a video game together.
- 陽葵 Himari一時停止を解除していいよ。Ichiji teishi o kaijo shite ii yo.You can unpause it now.
- 陽太 Yotaわかった。これで時は動き出すぞ。Wakatta. Kore de toki wa ugokidasu zo.Got it. Now time resumes.
- 陽葵 Himari急いで準備して！Isoide junbi shite!Hurry up and get ready!
- 陽太 Yota準備完了だ！Junbi kanryou da!I'm ready!
