How to say 'Movie' in Japanese | 映画

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The Japanese word for Movie is 'Eiga', written as 映画 in Japanese.'Movie' in hiragana is えいが.

word

映画

Meaning

Movie

Reading

えいが

eiga

Kanji

映Reflect 画Picture

Explanation

The Japanese noun '映画 (えいが)' means 'movie' or 'film'. It refers to a motion picture, typically shown in theaters or on television. This word is commonly used in everyday conversation when discussing films, going to the cinema, or watching movies. For example: I watched a movie yesterday「昨日映画を見ました」(きのうえいがをみました). This movie is interesting「この映画は面白い」(このえいがはおもしろい). The word can also be used in compound nouns, such as '映画館 (えいがかん)' (movie theater) or '映画監督 (えいがかんとく)' (film director).

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

771

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 映画

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

映

Meaning

Reflect

kanji

画

Meaning

Picture

Words Related to 映画 Through the Kanji 映

These 4 Words contain the Kanji 映 as well.

word

映画館

Meaning

Cinema

word

映る

Meaning

Reflect

word

映像

Meaning

Image, Video

word

反映

Meaning

Influence, Reflection

Words Related to 映画 Through the Kanji 画

These 12 Words contain the Kanji 画 as well.

word

計画

Meaning

Plan

word

映画館

Meaning

Cinema

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

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