Japanese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

キャスター (kyasutā

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

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

キャスター (kyasutā

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

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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. 3.0 3.1 キャスター”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. 4.0 4.1 キャスター”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months