BGM

English

Proper noun

BGM

  1. (rail transport) The station code of Belagavi railway station in India.

Etymology 2

From Japanese BGM (BGM), an initialism of English background music.

Noun

BGM (countable and uncountable, plural BGMs)

  1. (music) Initialism of background music, occasionally used with reference to Japanese media (video games, television, etc.).

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese BGM (BGM), an initialism of English background music.

Pronunciation

Noun

BGM

  1. (music) background music

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology

From バックグラウンドミュージック, from English background music.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ビージーエ​ム [bìíjííéꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [bʲiːʑiːe̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

BGM(ビージーエム) • (bījīemu) 

  1. (music) Initialism of バックグラウンドミュージック (“background music”).

Descendants
  • → English: BGM
  • → Chinese: BGM

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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