映画館

Japanese
Kanji in this term
映 画 館
えい
Grade: 6		 が
Grade: 2		 かん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
映畫館 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 映画 (eiga, “movie”) +‎ 館 (kan, “building”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えーが​かん [èégáꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ːɡa̠kã̠ɴ]

Noun

映(えい)画(が)館(かん) • (eigakan) ←えいぐわくわん (eigwakwan)?

  1. cinema, movie theater

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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