ゲームセンター
also: ゲーム・センター
Meanings
1
game arcade; video arcade
A wasei-eigo term for an amusement arcade with video games, crane games, and other coin-operated machines.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from game center
I go to the game arcade with my friends on weekends.
That game arcade got a new claw machine.
Usage patterns
- ゲームセンターで遊ぶto play (games) at a game arcade
I hung out at the game arcade with friends over the weekend.
- ゲームセンターに行くto go to a game arcade
I went to the game arcade on the way home from school.