劇場 (げきじょう, gekijou) Japanese meaning: theatre

劇場 (げきじょう, gekijou) Japanese meaning: theatre | Kotomora

Kanji

映えい画が館かんN5
映画館 specifically means a cinema for showing films, while 劇場 more broadly refers to a venue for live performances such as plays or concerts.
ホール
ホール is a general term for a large hall used for concerts or events, while 劇場 specifically suggests a venue built for theatrical performances.
国こく立りつ劇げき場じょう
国立劇場 is a specific government-run theater (especially the National Theatre of Japan), while 劇場 is the general word for any theater, public or private.
芝しば居い小ご屋や
劇場 is the general, modern word for any theatre building, while 芝居小屋 specifically evokes a small, traditional, often wooden playhouse.

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小こ屋やN3
劇場 is a proper, often large theatre building, while 小屋 in this sense suggests a small, old-fashioned, or temporary venue like a circus tent.
シアター
劇場 is the native Japanese word for theater, often used for traditional or live performance venues, while シアター is a loanword with a more modern or Western feel, commonly seen in compounds.
寄席よせ
劇場 is the general word for any theater (plays, movies, concerts), whereas 寄席 refers specifically to a traditional variety hall for rakugo and similar acts.

舞ぶ台たいN3
舞台 refers to the stage itself (or the world of theater), whereas 劇場 refers to the whole building or venue that houses the stage.
劇げき団だんN1
劇場 shares the kanji 劇 with 劇団 but means the theatre building or venue itself, not the group of performers.

座ざ
seat; place to sit · position; status; rank · gathering; party; company; atmosphere · stand; pedestal; platform · trade guild · constellation suffix · theatre/cinema/troupe suffix · counter for theatres, deities, etc.

Compound of 劇 (drama, play) and 場 (place, location), literally 'drama place'. The reading is on'yomi.