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券
Ticket, Coupon
JLPT N2
Interesting Fact
Japanese train stations use automatic ticket gates where passengers insert or tap their 券. The kanji appears on tickets for trains, movies, museums, and events.
Memory Trick
Imagine holding a train ticket tightly in your hand before passing through the station gate. That ticket reminds you that 券 means 'ticket' or 'voucher.'
Readings
Onyomi: ケン (ken)
Kunyomi:
Example Words
切符
きっぷ (kippu)
Train ticket
入場券
にゅうじょうけん (nyuujouken)
Admission ticket
食事券
しょくじけん (shokujiken)
Meal voucher
航空券
こうくうけん (koukuuken)
Airline ticket
Example Sentence
映画 の 入場券 を 買いました。
えいが の にゅうじょうけん を かいました。
eiga no nyuujouken o kaimashita
I bought a movie ticket.