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ＳＦ映画 (エスエフえいが) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ＳＦ映画えすえふえいが

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Meanings

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science fiction film; sci-fi movie

Refers to movies in the science fiction genre.

週しゅう末まつに新あたらしいＳＦ映画えすえふえいがを観みに行いく。

I'm going to see a new sci-fi movie this weekend.

Kanji

映reflect, reflection, projection
画brush-stroke, picture

Related words

ＳＦ
ＳＦ is the broader term for science fiction as a genre, while ＳＦ映画 specifically refers to films.

Written forms

ＳＦ映画えすえふえいが
Standard kanji and Latin-script hybrid spelling.
SF映えい画が
Common variant using half-width Latin letters.

Etymology

Compound of ＳＦ (esu-efu), an abbreviation of 'science fiction', and 映画 (eiga, 'movie').