Illustration: Inside a neighborhood cinema, a child sits between two adults in a row of upholstered seats facing a huge screen. A projected film shows a kitten peering out of a laundry basket. The child leans forward eagerly while an adult pauses with popcorn halfway to their mouth, equally absorbed.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

映えい画が館かん

eigakan

movie theater, cinema

Example sentences

  1. この近ちかくに映画館えいがかんはありますか。

    Are there any movie theaters near here?

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  2. 映画館えいがかんにいたんだ。

    I was at a movie theater.

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  3. 街まちには古ふるい映画館えいがかんが１つある。

    There’s an old movie theater in town.

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Kanji in 映画館

  • 映reflect; projectOnエイKunうつる・うつす・はえる
  • 画picture; strokeOnガ・カク・エKunえがく・かくする・かぎる
  • 館building; mansionOnカンKunやかた・たて

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