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水族館 (すいぞくかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

水すい族ぞく館かん

also: すいぞっかん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

aquarium (building)

Refers to the facility itself, not the glass tank.

週しゅう末まつに家か族ぞくで水すい族ぞく館かんに行いった。
We went to the aquarium as a family on the weekend.
この水すい族ぞく館かんには大おおきな水すい槽そうがある

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This aquarium has a large tank.

Written forms

水族館
- すいぞくかん
  Standard kanji spelling.
- すいぞっかん
  irregular kana usage
すいぞっかん
irregular kana usage
Irregular kana usage; occasionally encountered in casual speech or writing but not standard.

Kanji

水water
族tribe, family
館building, mansion, large building

Similar words

水すい槽そう
水槽 is a water tank or fish tank, while 水族館 is the entire aquarium facility.

Etymology

Compound of 水 (water), 族 (family/tribe), and 館 (building/hall). The term was coined in the Meiji era as a translation of 'aquarium'.