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)^?}

cinema, movie theater

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN