Etymology

tokei-gakari

Today it means: The shimpan who acts as timekeeper. Full definition →

Japanese 時計係
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from時計係
  2. English todaytokei-gakari

From Japanese 時計係 (tokei-gakari, literally “one who is responsible for the clock”).

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