シネマ
しねま
noun
cinema
1.
cinema, movie theater
A place where films are shown to an audience, or the art and industry of filmmaking.
シネマコンプレックスで映画を観た。
I watched a movie at the cinema complex.
駅前に新しいシネマがオープンした。
A new cinema opened in front of the station.
フランスシネマの特集上映が行われている。
A French cinema special screening series is being held.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- シネマコンプレックス (シネコン): cinema complex, multiplex
- 名画シネマ: classic film cinema
- ミニシアター: small independent cinema (art-house theater)
USAGE:
シネマ is used more as a proper name element in theater names and compounds (シネマコンプレックス, シネコン) than in everyday conversation. When talking about going to the movies, 映画館 is the standard word. シネマ carries a slightly more sophisticated or artistic nuance.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 映画館: movie theater (standard everyday term)
- 映画: movie, film
- シアター: theater (also used in cinema complex names)