テレビ
テレビ
hepburn terebi
television, TV
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 夜にテレビを見ます。I watch TV in the evening.
- 新しいテレビを買いました。I bought a new TV.
Collocations
テレビ (terebi, television — loanword)テレビ番組 (terebi bangumi, TV show)地上波 (chijouha, terrestrial broadcast)BS (bii esu, satellite)NHK (en eichi kee, public broadcaster)
Mnemonic
テレビ terebi — clipped loanword from English "television". The Japanese form went 「television」 → 「テレビジョン」 → 「テレビ」 as NHK launched broadcasting in 1953. Verb pairing is 見る (miru) — テレビを見る. Broadcasting vocabulary: 地上波 (chijouha, terrestrial), BS (satellite), NHK (public), 民放 (commercial broadcasters), CM (commercials). The 1960s-90s electronics industry (Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba) rode this lexicon globally. One word compresses postwar media, household architecture, and industrial history.
Quick check
How did 「television」 shorten to テレビ in Japanese?