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. 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
  3. “キャスター”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. “キャスター”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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