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ベータマックス

Meanings

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noun

Betamax

product name

Sony's home videocassette format, competing with VHS. Now a historical product name.

ベータマックスはVHSに負まけて市し場じょうから消きえた。
Betamax lost to VHS and disappeared from the market.

Similar words

VHS
VHS was the competing home video format that eventually dominated the market.

Etymology

From the Sony brand name Betamax, derived from the Japanese word ベータ (beta) and the English word 'max'.