映画 (eiga) means “movie” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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家族と映画を見ます。ka zoku to ei ga o mi ma su

I watch a movie with my family.

私は週末に映画を見ます。watashi wa shū matsu ni ei ga o mi ma su

I watch movies on weekends.

Describes a sequence of moving images made into a work that people watch for entertainment or other purposes.

シネマshinema: A movie viewed as an art form or as part of the film industry.

動く映像を一つの作品にまとめ、スクリーンなどで見せるもの。ugo ku ei zō o hito tsu no saku hin ni ma to me su ku rī n na do de mi se ru mo no

The word 映画 (eiga) combines 映 (ei, "reflect or project") with 画 (ga, "picture"), giving the sense of a projected picture.

In Japanese, 映画 (eiga) can mean one movie or cinema as an art form, with the intended sense determined by the surrounding context.