Meaning

Primary

Secret Photography

Alternative

Secret Filming

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

Stealing photographs of you. Wait, you didn't know you were being photographed / filmed? That's secret photography or secret filming Creeeeeepy.

Reading

とうさつ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

あの駅、盗撮が多いから気をつけたほうがいいよ。

Be careful at that station. There are a lot of secret filming cases there.

SNSで盗撮動画を見かけたら、いつも通報するようにしています。

Whenever I come across voyeuristic videos on social media, I make sure to report them.

友達が寝てるところを盗撮しようとしたら、逆にそれを盗撮されてた!

I tried to secretly film my friend sleeping, but they ended up secretly filming me doing that instead!

電車内で居眠りしているところを盗撮されたんです。

Photos were taken of me in secret while I was napping on the train.

Kanji Composition