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16 美術館 Museum

Alternative Meanings

Art Museum, Art Gallery

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

びじゅつかん

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

Context Sentences

その美術館にかざられていたノアの箱ぶねの絵が好きでした。

I liked the picture of Noah's ark that was displayed at the art gallery.

母が残してくれた指輪を、美術館にき付しました。

I donated the ring handed down to me from my mother to the museum.

「どうやって美術館のツアーガイドになれるの?芸術の専門家か何かじゃなくちゃいけないんじゃないの?」「いいや、そうでもないよ。 美術館が情報を全部くれるから、まぁ、台詞を覚えるようなもんだよ。」

"How can you be a tour guide in the museum? Don’t you have to be an art expert or something?" "No, not really. They give you all the information, it’s like memorizing a script."

Meaning Explanation

You know 美術 is fine art. So what is a public building that contains said fine art? It's a museum.

Reading 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.

Utilized Kanji

  • 美
    • び
    • Beauty
  • 術
    • じゅつ
    • Art
  • 館
    • かん
    • Public Bui...
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