Zoom

ずーむ

noun

Zoom (video conferencing)

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1. Zoom (video conferencing)

A video communication platform used for online meetings, webinars, and virtual events.

Zoomで会議(かいぎ)をする。

Have a meeting on Zoom.

Zoomの画面(がめん)を共有(きょうゆう)してください。

Please share your Zoom screen.

コロナ禍(か)でZoomを使(つか)ったオンライン授業(じゅぎょう)が増(ふ)えた。

During the COVID pandemic, online classes using Zoom increased.

Zoom became widely used in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic for remote work, online education, and virtual social gatherings.

Common expressions

Zoom会議(かいぎ): Zoom meeting
Zoom飲(の)み会(かい): Zoom drinking party (online social gathering)
Zoom授業(じゅぎょう): Zoom class/lecture
Zoom面接(めんせつ): Zoom interview
Zoom疲(づか)れ: Zoom fatigue

Usage

Zoom is often used as a verb: 「ズームする」(to have a Zoom meeting)
The term 「オンライン会議(かいぎ)」(online meeting) is used generically
Zoom背景(はいけい) (Zoom background) refers to virtual backgrounds

Zoom is written in English or as ズーム in Japanese text.

general

Added 2026.1.29 8:57 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29

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