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    3. 時効

    時効

    時じ効こう

    statute of limitations

    KMT6News #12+1CoreNounScience & MathPolitics & LawKanji Vocab18 strokes

    じこう

    Noun

    1.
    statute of limitations, lapse of rights after a period of time, prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription)
    2.
    becoming invalid or void after a set time
    3.
    ageing, aging
    chemistry

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    犯はん罪ざいには時じ効こうがあります。

    Crimes have a statute of limitations.

    KMT5Politics & Law
    契けい約やくの時じ効こうが成せい立りつしました。

    The statute of limitations for the contract has been established.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    殺さつ人じん事じ件けんの時じ効こうは廃はい止しされました。

    The statute of limitations for murder cases has been abolished.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    この債さい権けんは時じ効こうによって消しょう滅めつする可か能のう性せいがあります。

    This claim may be extinguished by the statute of limitations.

    KMT7Politics & Law
    化か学がく反はんの応うによって物ぶっ質しつが時じ効こうする現げん象しょうが観かん察さつされた。

    A phenomenon where a substance ages due to chemical reaction was observed.

    KMT7Science & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    時
    とき・-どき…(3)
    time・hour
    効
    き.く・ききめ・なら.う…(1)
    merit・efficacy・efficiency・benefit
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