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民放 (minpou) Japanese meaning: commercial broadcasting | Kotomora

民みん放ぽう

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Meanings

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commercial broadcasting; commercial broadcast

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 民間放送. Refers to privately owned, advertising-funded TV and radio stations, as opposed to public broadcaster NHK.

See also: 民間放送

民みん放ぽうのニュース番ばん組ぐみを見みる。

I watch a news program on a commercial station.

そのドラマは民みん放ぽうで放ほう送そうされた。

That drama was broadcast on a commercial network.

Usage patterns

民放みんぽうで〈物もの〉〉を放送ほうそうするto broadcast something on a commercial (non-NHK) station
そのドラマは民みん放ぽうで放ほう送そうされた。
That drama was broadcast on a commercial TV station.
民放各社みんぽうかくしゃeach of the commercial broadcasting companies
民みん放ぽう各かく社しゃがその話わ題だいを取とり上あげた。
Each of the commercial broadcasters covered that topic.

Kanji

民people, nation, subjects
放set free, release, fire

Related words

民みん間かん放ほう送そう
民間放送 is the full, formal term for commercial broadcasting, while 民放 is the common everyday abbreviation.

Opposites

ＮＨＫ
NHK is Japan's license-fee-funded public broadcaster, whereas 民放 refers to the advertising-funded commercial stations that compete with it.

Don't confuse with

民みん法ぽうN1
民法 (also read みんぽう) means 'civil law/code', a completely different word that only happens to share the same pronunciation as 民放.

Counted with

局きょくN2
Used to count 民放 (commercial broadcasters) as broadcasting stations, e.g. 民放5局 (five commercial broadcasters).

Word family

民みん放ぽう局きょく
commercial broadcasting station
民放みんぽうテレビ
commercial television

Etymology

Abbreviation of 民間放送 (みんかんほうそう, 'private broadcasting'), formed from the first characters of 民間 and 放送.