Translation guide
A device that projects images or video onto a surface. In Japanese, the most common word is プロジェクター, a loanword from English. There are also native terms for specific types like slide projectors or movie projectors.
The most common meaning: an electronic device that projects video or computer images onto a screen or wall.
The standard loanword for a modern digital projector. Used in business, education, and home theater contexts.
We installed a projector in the meeting room.
This projector supports 4K.
A more formal or technical term for a projector, especially for film or slides. Often used in contexts like movie theaters or old-school slide projectors.
The movie theater's projector broke down.
A device specifically for projecting photographic slides (positives).
Literally 'slide projector'. The standard term for a device that projects 35mm slides.
We looked at family photos with my grandfather's old slide projector.
A projector used with transparent sheets, common in classrooms before digital projectors.
The full term for an overhead projector. Often abbreviated as OHP.
The school still uses overhead projectors.
The common abbreviation for overhead projector. Widely recognized in educational settings.
Please prepare the OHP sheets.
A projector for motion picture film, like in a cinema.
The standard term for a film projector. Can also refer to digital cinema projectors in technical contexts.
This projector is from the 1950s.
A loanword for a movie projector, often used for home movie projectors or portable ones.
A hybrid term combining 'slide' and 'projector'. Less common than スライド映写機 but understood.
The slide projector's lamp burned out.
When I was a child, we watched movies on a movie projector.