WORD DETAIL
観客
かんきゃく
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
観客, readかんきゃく, is an audience collectively or a spectator at a performance or event. - Basic usage:
観客は静かになったtreats the audience as a group;観客の拍手identifies the applause produced by the spectators.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Collective audience and individual spectators
- A venue-wide reaction favors audience, while reference to members' applause can favor spectators;
のidentifies the source.
- A venue-wide reaction favors audience, while reference to members' applause can favor spectators;