Illustration: Inside a modest neighborhood community center, an open multipurpose room hosts older residents teaching children how to weave small baskets. Through a nearby open doorway, adults practice a folk dance while someone stacks folding chairs after a local meeting.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう民みん館かん

kouminkan

community center

Example sentences

  1. 今週末こんしゅうまつは公民館こうみんかんで友達ともだちとボランティアをするんだ。

    My friends and I are volunteering at the community center this weekend.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この資金しきんを使つかって、1941年ねんに日本初にほんはつの公民館こうみんかんが建設けんせつされた。

    By using this donation, the town built the first community center in Japan in 1941.

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

  3. この地区ちくには新幹線しんかんせん公民館こうみんかんや「幹線下かんせんか」という名なのバス停留所ていりゅうじょも存在そんざいしている。

    In this district, a community center named 'Shinkansen' and a bus stop named 'Kansen-shita' exist as well.

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

Kanji in 公民館

  • 公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
  • 民people; nationOnミンKunたみ
  • 館building; mansionOnカンKunやかた・たて

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