キネマ

noun

moving picture; film

Dated abbreviation of キネマトグラフ (kinematograph). Used in early 20th-century contexts to refer to motion pictures or the medium of film.

See also: キネマトグラフ

• 当とう時じ、キネマは最さい新しんの娯ご楽らくだった。

  At that time, the moving picture was the latest form of entertainment.

noun

cinema; movie theatre

Dated term, now mostly found in proper names such as old theatre names or nostalgic branding. Not used for modern multiplexes.

• 浅あさ草くさには昔むかし、キネマという名なの映えい画が館かんがあった。

  In Asakusa, there used to be a movie theatre called Kinema.