How to say 'Game' in Japanese | ゲーム

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The Japanese word for Game is 'Geemu', written as ゲーム in Japanese.

word

ゲーム

Meaning

Game

Reading

Geemu

Explanation

The Japanese noun 'ゲーム (geemu)' means 'game'. This term is used to refer to any type of game, including video games, board games, sports games, and more. It is a loanword from English, and its usage is very similar to the English word 'game'. For example: I like playing games「ゲームをするのが好きです」(げーむをするのがすきです). Let's play a game「ゲームをしましょう」(げーむをしましょう). The word can also be used in compound words, such as 'ビデオゲーム (びでおげーむ)' (video game) or 'カードゲーム (かーどげーむ)' (card game).

Part Of Speech

noun

Frequency

1770

Composition

katakana

Handwriting

Katakana in the Word ゲーム

This word contains 2 Katakana characters :

katakana

ゲ

Reading

katakana

ム

Reading

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'Geemu' means 'Game' .

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