入にゅう場じょう券けん

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Common wordJLPTN1

Meanings

1

admission ticket; entrance ticket

General ticket for entering a venue, event, or facility.

コンサートの入にゅう場じょう券けんを2枚まい買かった。
I bought two admission tickets for the concert.

2

platform ticket

Specifically a ticket for entering a railway station platform without traveling; common at Japanese stations.

見み送おくりのために入にゅう場じょう券けんを買かってホームに入はいった。
I bought a platform ticket to see someone off and entered the platform.

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Usage patterns

入にゅう場じょう券けんを買かうto buy an admission/platform ticket
友とも達だちを見み送おくるために入にゅう場じょう券けんを買かった。
I bought a platform ticket to see my friend off.
入にゅう場じょう券けんを見みせるto show one's admission ticket
係かかり員いんに入にゅう場じょう券けんを見みせて中なかに入はいった。
I showed my admission ticket to the staff and went inside.
入にゅう場じょう券けんが要いるto need an admission ticket
このイベントに参さん加かするには入にゅう場じょう券けんが要いります。
You need an admission ticket to take part in this event.

Kanji

入enter, insert
場location, place
券ticket

Related words

チケットN4
チケット is the broad, casual loanword for any ticket (concerts, trains, movies), while 入場券 specifically means a ticket for entering a venue or platform.
招しょう待たい券けん sense 1
招待券 is a complimentary invitation ticket, whereas 入場券 is a paid or standard admission ticket.
フリーパス
入場券 is a single-use entry ticket, whereas フリーパス allows repeated or unlimited entry.

Don't confuse with

切きっ符ぷN5sense 2
切符 is the general word for a train or event ticket, while 入場券 specifically refers to a ticket for entering a venue or, at stations, just the platform without riding.
乗じょう車しゃ券けんN1sense 2
乗車券 lets you board and ride a train, while 入場券 only permits entry to the platform without traveling.

Counted with

枚まいN3
Tickets like 入場券 (admission tickets) are typically counted with 枚, the counter for flat, thin objects.

Built from

入にゅう場じょう+券けん

Etymology

Compound of 入場 (entrance) + 券 (ticket).