銀 幕(ぎんまく)

ぎんまく

noun

silver screen; the movies

1. silver screen; the movies; the cinema world

A literary word for the movie screen, and by extension the world of cinema. Often used when speaking of film as a glamorous art form.

She was a star of the silver screen.

That actor returned to the silver screen after a long absence.

I saw an exhibition of the great actors who graced the silver screen of the Showa era.

Literally "silver curtain." Early movie screens had a silvery, reflective surface, which gave rise to the name.

銀幕(ぎんまく) is a somewhat literary, nostalgic word, used most often for classic cinema. For everyday talk about movies, 映画(えいが) is the normal word.

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