Japanese Word · Intermediate

タイトルカード

title card

Pronunciation: [ta̠ito̞ɾɯ̟ ka̠ːdo̞]

Meaning

A word or expression meaning "title card".

Example

洋画の輸入が始まったのは一九三〇年代で、当時の字幕は「パチウチ方式」。カードに筆で字を書いた「タイトルカード」を基に凸版を作り、フィルムに直接、傷をつける、やや原始的な方法だ。

When the importation of western films began in the 1930s, subtitles were “pachi-uchi style”. A card was written with a brush based on the movie's “title cards”

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