双眼鏡(そうがんきょう)

Common collocations

• 双眼鏡(そうがんきょう)で見(み)る (look through binoculars)
• 双眼鏡(そうがんきょう)で覗(のぞ)く (peer through binoculars)
• 双眼鏡(そうがんきょう)を構(かま)える (raise binoculars to one's eyes)

Usage

The word is composed of 双(そう) (pair), 眼(がん) (eye), and 鏡(きょう) (lens/mirror). For a single-lens telescope, use 望遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう). In Japan, compact 双眼鏡(そうがんきょう) are especially popular at concerts and theater performances where seats may be far from the stage. Small opera-glass-type binoculars are also called 双眼鏡(そうがんきょう).