映画

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 映画(えいが) is a film that presents a story or other content through moving images.
• Basic usage: It is used for watching a film after work or describing its setting.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The work compared with 映像
  • 映像(えいぞう) broadly refers to images or footage on a screen. 映画 identifies a film as a work, allowing a distinction between footage of one scene and the film as a whole.