How to say “museum” in Japanese | 博物館 (はくぶつかん、hakubutsukan)

The Japanese vocabulary「博物館 (はくぶつかん、hakubutsukan)」means “museum.” Please learn the pronunciation and the example sentences.

Japanese Vocabulary and the Meaning

Key Word	博物館
Hiragana	はくぶつかん
Romaji Reading	hakubutsukan
English Meaning	museum

The Correct Japanese Pronunciations

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The Example Japanese Sentences

It is important to have skills in both non-honorific and honorific languages in order to use Japanese correctly.

Japanese Sentence	博はく物ぶつ館かんはワクワクする。
Romaji Reading	Hakubutsukan wa wakuwaku suru.
English Meaning	Museums are exciting. (Plain Form)

Japanese Sentence	博物館はワクワクします。
Romaji Reading	Hakubutsukan wa wakuwaku shimasu.
English Meaning	Museums are exciting. (Polite Form)

Japanese Sentence	博物館はくぶつかんと美術びじゅつ館かん、どっちに行いく？
Romaji Reading	Hakubutsukan to bijutsukan, dotchi ni iku?
English Meaning	Which would you rather go to, a museum or an art museum? (Spoken and Non-Honorific Language)

Japanese Sentence	博物館と美術館、どちらに行きますか？
Romaji Reading	Hakubutsukan to bijutsukan, dochira ni ikimasu ka?
English Meaning	Which would you rather go to, a museum or an art museum? (Polite Form)

Japanese Sentence	博物館はくぶつかんでティラノサウルスの骨ほねを見みた。
Romaji Reading	Hakubutsukan de tiranosaurusu no hone o mita.
English Meaning	I saw the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex at the museum. (Plain Form)

Japanese Sentence	博物館でティラノサウルスの骨を見ました。
Romaji Reading	Hakubutsukan de tiranosaurusu no hone o mimashita.
English Meaning	I saw the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex at the museum. (Polite Form)

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