Meaning

Primary

Screen

Alternative

Monitor

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The surface of a drawing is a screen. Just imagine your computer screen. On its surface is a drawing, right? It just happens to move around all the time, but it's still a screen!

Reading

がめん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 画面をスクロールする

    to scroll on a screen

    画面を見せる

    to show a screen

    画面を見る

    to look at a screen

Context Sentences

ずっとコンピューターの画面ばかり見ていると目が悪くなるよ。

If you stare at computer screens for a long time, your eyesight will get worse.

最近、よく犬のエッチな画像が自動で画面に出てくるからみんなこまっているんだよね。

Lately, an obscene image of dogs keeps automatically appearing on our monitor, so yeah, we're having some issues.

変なんだよ。ビエトはいつも通り画面に釘付けになって何時間も座ったままでいるんだけど、肝心の画面は今朝から真っ黒なんだよね。

It’s weird. Viet is sitting glued to a screen for hours as usual, though his actual screen has been completely black since this morning.

Kanji Composition