字幕
Meanings
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subtitles; captions
On-screen text for films, TV, or video, either as a translation or for accessibility.
This movie has Japanese subtitles.
Display captions on the news program.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉に字幕をつけるto add subtitles to (a film, video, etc.)
I added Japanese subtitles to this drama.
- 字幕が出るfor subtitles to appear on screen
Partway through the movie, the subtitles stopped appearing.
- 字幕なしで〈動詞〉to do something (watch, understand, etc.) without subtitles
He can watch English movies without subtitles.
- 〈物〉字幕版the subtitled version (of a film, DVD, etc.)
Which do you prefer, the subtitled version or the dubbed version?