怪獣映画

Japanese

Kanji in this term
怪	獣	映	画
かい Grade: S	じゅう Grade: S	えい Grade: 6	が Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
怪獸映畫 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

怪(かい)獣(じゅう) (kaijū, “monster”) + 映(えい)画(が) (eiga, “movie”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠iʑɨᵝː e̞ːɡa̠]

Noun

怪(かい)獣(じゅう)映(えい)画(が) • (kaijū eiga) 

1. creature feature, monster movie, kaiju film
   • 2019 November 18, shinkato [user name], “Godzilla, King of Monsters”, in Eiga.com‎^[1]:

     ゴジラをはじめとする和(わ)製(せい)怪(かい)獣(じゅう)映(えい)画(が)に詳(くわ)しくない自(じ)分(ぶん)にも、それに対(たい)するリスペクトが十(じゅう)分(ぶん)に伝(つた)わってきてそこが最(もっと)も感(かん)動(どう)的(てき)。

     Gojira o hajimetosuru wasei kaijū eiga ni kuwashikunai jibun ni mo, sore ni taisuru risupekuto ga jūbun ni tsutawatte-kite soko ga mottomo kandōteki.

     Even someone like me who doesn't know much about Godzilla as a pioneering Japanese monster movie can appreciate the respect shown to it.

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kaiju eiga

See also

• 実(じっ)写(しゃ)映(えい)画(が) (jissha eiga, “live-action film”)