キャスター

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) キャ​スター [kyáꜜsùtàà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲa̠sɨ̥ᵝta̠ː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English caster.[1][3][4]

Noun

キャスター • (kyasutā) 

  1. caster (wheeled assembly)
  2. caster (someone who casts)

Etymology 2

Shortening of ニュースキャスター (nyūsukyasutā).[1][3][4]

Noun

キャスター • (kyasutā) 

  1. Short for ニュースキャスター.
    お天(てん)気(き)キャスター
    o-tenki kyasutā
    weather broadcaster

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. “キャスター”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  4. “キャスター”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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