テレビゲームをすること
Terebi gēmu o suru koto
The English phrase "playing video games" is translated into Japanese as テレビゲームをすること (Terebi gēmu o suru koto).
This phrase describes the activity of playing electronic games on a console or computer. While テレビゲームをすること specifically refers to "television games," it is very common to simply say ゲームをする to mean playing video games.
What does it mean word for word?
In the phrase テレビゲームをすること, the particle を marks it as the direct object of the verb.
Which one should you use?
テレビゲームをすること is a specific way to describe the activity of playing video games. However, you can also use ゲームをする to mean playing games more generally or even specifically to refer to video games in a common context.
How does it change in a sentence?
The particle を (o) marks テレビゲーム (television game) as the direct object of the verb する (to do).
How do you pronounce it?
Terebi gēmu o suru koto
Did you know?
- Japanese gamers often use the slang term ゲーマー for 'gamer', but they also use the phrase ゲーム廃人 to describe someone so addicted to gaming that they have become 'socially dead'.
- The English word 'game' was adapted into Japanese as ゲーム, but it is frequently paired with the verb 'to do' (する) instead of the verb 'to play' (遊ぶ), which is used for playing with toys or in a park.
- The word テレビ is a shortening of the English word 'television', following a common Japanese linguistic pattern of shortening foreign loanwords to four moras.
Examples in context
- そうだよ！ゲームをする予定だよ。Yes, I plan to play video games.
- 新しいゲームをやったことがありますか？Have you played any new games?
- 休暇中にはビデオゲームを楽しむつもりです。I plan to enjoy playing video games during my vacation.
- 最近どんなゲームをしていますか？What kind of games have you been playing recently?
- ロールプレイングゲームが好きなので、最近「FINAL FANTASY」をプレイしています。I enjoy role-playing games, so I've been playing "FINAL FANTASY" recently.
- テレビゲームをすることは楽しいです。Terebi geemu o suru koto wa tanoshii desu.Playing video games is fun.
- 趣味はテレビゲームをすることです。Shumi wa terebi geemu o suru koto desu.My hobby is playing video games.
Example conversation
Yui and Kenta are talking about their free time.
- 結衣 Yui健太くんは、暇な時に何をしますか？Kenta-kun wa, hima na toki ni nani o shimasu ka?Kenta, what do you do in your spare time?
- 健太 Kenta僕はテレビゲームをすることが大好きです。Boku wa terebigēmu o suru koto ga daisuki desu.I love playing video games.
- 結衣 Yuiそうなんですね。どんなゲームが好きですか？Sō nan desu ne. Donna gēmu ga suki desu ka?I see. What kind of games do you like?
- 健太 Kentaアクションゲームが一番好きです。Akushon gēmu ga ichiban suki desu.I like action games the most.
