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民放テレビ (minpouterebi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

民放みんぽうテレビ

Meanings

1

commercial television

Refers to television stations or programming funded by advertising, as opposed to public broadcaster NHK.

民みん放ぽうテレビのCMはにぎやかだ。
Commercials on commercial TV are lively.

Kanji

民people, nation, subjects
放set free, release, fire

Related words

NHK
NHK is Japan's public broadcaster, funded by viewer fees, while 民放テレビ refers to privately owned commercial stations supported by advertising.

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Etymology

Abbreviation of 民間放送テレビ (commercial broadcasting television).