Illustration: Inside a Japanese game arcade, two friends crowd around a crane machine as its claw lifts a plush octopus by one improbably stretched tentacle. One friend grips the controls while the other presses both hands against their own cheeks in suspense.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ゲームセンター

geemusentaa

game arcade

Example sentences

  1. かつて、店内てんないにはスーパーや婦人服ふじんふく、雑貨店ざっかてん、外食店舗がいしょくてんぽ、地元じもとの和菓子店わがしてん、スポーツ用品店ようひんてん、ゲームセンター、ブランド品店ひんてんが入はいるなど多様性たようせいがあり、地域ちいきでも人気にんきのスポットであった。

    In the past, the facilities housed a variety of shops, such as a supermarket, dress shops, variety shops, restaurants, local Japanese sweet shops, a sporting goods store, a game center and a shop selling goods with famous brands, being a popular spot in the area.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. ゲームセンターで遊あそんで、気分転換きぶんてんかんをした。

    I played games at the arcade for a change of pace.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. ゲームセンターで遊あそぶ時間じかんは、あっという間まに過すぎてしまう。

    Time flies when you’re playing at the arcade.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

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