番組（ばんぐみ、bangumi）
- TV/radio program

The Japanese word 番組 (ばんぐみ) means "program" or "television/radio program". It refers to a show or content broadcast on television or radio. It can also broadly apply to a series of shows or a collection of content presented under a specific title.

⚫︎ テレビ番組 Translation: TV program ⚫︎ ラジオ番組 Translation: Radio program ⚫︎ この番組は面白いです。 Translation: This program is interesting.

You use 番組 when discussing television or radio shows. It’s a common word, easily understood by native speakers. You can use it when talking about what you’re watching, what you've watched, or recommending shows to others.

⚫︎ The word is typically written in kanji as 番組. ⚫︎ The reading is ばんぐみ in hiragana. ⚫︎ There are no other common ways to write this word. ⚫︎ The okurigana is standard, with no variations.

⚫︎ プログラム (puroguramu) - This is a loanword from English, also meaning "program," but can be broader in scope, including software programs and schedules. Not a direct synonym.

There aren't specific antonyms in the same way as words like "good" and "bad". The concept is about absence of a program: ⚫︎ 放送休止 (housou kyushi) - Broadcast suspension/pause (though not an opposite word itself)

今夜は面白い番組がたくさんありますね。 ・Translation: There are many interesting programs tonight. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 番組 to talk about programs on TV or radio, focusing on a selection of enjoyable shows.

あの番組の再放送は見ましたか？ ・Translation: Did you see the rebroadcast of that program? ・Explanation: This sentence refers to a specific TV program and asks if the person watched its rebroadcast.

The word 番組 is a compound word. 番 (ban) means "number" or "order," and it can be used to refer to "an item in a series." 組 (gumi) means "a set" or "group." Therefore, 番組 literally means "a set of numbers" or, by extension, "an item in a sequence" or "a series of programs".