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How to say 'Cinema' in Japanese | 映画館

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The Japanese word for Cinema is 'Eigakan', written as 映画館 in Japanese.'Cinema' in hiragana is えいがかん.

    word

    映画館

    Meaning

    Cinema

    Reading

    えいがかん

    eigakan

    Kanji

    映Reflect 画Picture 館Building

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '映画館 (えいがかん)' refers to a 'cinema' or 'movie theater', a place where films are shown to the public. This word is commonly used when discussing going out to watch movies. For example: Let's go to the cinema「映画館に行きましょう」(えいがかんにいきましょう). The cinema is crowded today「今日は映画館が混んでいます」(きょうはえいがかんがこんでいます). It's important to note that '映画館' specifically refers to the physical location where movies are screened, distinguishing it from other related terms like '映画 (えいが)', which simply means 'movie' or 'film'.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N4

    Kanji Grade

    6

    Frequency

    1220

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 映画館

This word contains 3 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    映

    Meaning

    Reflect

  • kanji

    画

    Meaning

    Picture

  • kanji

    館

    Meaning

    Building

Words Related to 映画館 Through the Kanji 映

These 4 Words contain the Kanji 映 as well.

  • word

    映画

    Meaning

    Movie

  • word

    映る

    Meaning

    Reflect

  • word

    映像

    Meaning

    Image, Video

  • word

    反映

    Meaning

    Influence, Reflection

Words Related to 映画館 Through the Kanji 画

These 12 Words contain the Kanji 画 as well.

  • word

    映画

    Meaning

    Movie

  • word

    計画

    Meaning

    Plan

  • word

    画面

    Meaning

    Screen

  • word

    画像

    Meaning

    Image

  • word

    漫画

    Meaning

    Comic

  • word

    画

    Meaning

    Picture

  • word

    企画

    Meaning

    Plan

  • word

    区画

    Meaning

    Section, Division

  • word

    画家

    Meaning

    Painter

  • word

    絵画

    Meaning

    Painting

  • word

    洋画

    Meaning

    Foreign film

  • word

    録画

    Meaning

    Recording

Words Related to 映画館 Through the Kanji 館

These 8 Words contain the Kanji 館 as well.

  • word

    図書館

    Meaning

    Library

  • word

    館

    Meaning

    Hall

  • word

    大使館

    Meaning

    Embassy

  • word

    美術館

    Meaning

    Art museum

  • word

    博物館

    Meaning

    Museum

  • word

    水族館

    Meaning

    Aquarium

  • word

    旅館

    Meaning

    Inn

  • word

    領事館

    Meaning

    Consulate

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What does 'Eigakan' (映画館) mean?

'Eigakan' means 'Cinema' .

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