Translation guide
A storage medium consisting of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. In Japanese, the term is usually expressed with the loanword マグネティックテープ or the more common 磁気テープ.
Referring to magnetic tape as a recording medium in general contexts, such as audio, video, or data storage.
The standard Japanese term for magnetic tape, used in technical and everyday contexts.
この磁気テープには昔の録音が入っています。
This magnetic tape contains old recordings.
The direct loanword from English, less common than 磁気テープ but understood in technical contexts.
マグネティックテープはデータの長期保存に使われます。
Magnetic tape is used for long-term data storage.
Specifically referring to the compact cassette format used for audio recording and playback.
The common term for audio cassette tape. Often shortened to just カセット.
子供の頃、カセットテープに音楽を録音していました。
When I was a child, I used to record music onto cassette tapes.
A casual abbreviation for cassette tape, used when context is clear.
Referring to magnetic tape used for video recording, such as VHS or Betamax.
The standard term for video tape. Often shortened to ビデオ in casual speech.
このビデオテープには家族の思い出が録画されています。
This video tape contains family memories.
Specifically refers to VHS format tapes, commonly used in the past.
VHSテープはもうほとんど使われていません。
VHS tapes are hardly used anymore.
Magnetic tape used for data backup and archival storage in computing.
Common term for data storage tape in IT contexts.
データテープにバックアップを取ってください。
Please back up to the data tape.
Also used in computing, especially in formal or technical documents.
磁気テープは大容量データの保存に適しています。
Magnetic tape is suitable for storing large amounts of data.
This tape doesn't play anymore.