字幕

じまく

subtitles; captioning

What does 字幕 mean?

字幕 is a Japanese noun meaning subtitles; captioning in English. It is written as 字幕 in kanji, じまく in hiragana, and jimaku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

今週、3日連続でカーアクションものの外国映画を字幕で見た。

This week I've watched foreign car-action movies with subtitles for three days in a row.