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ビデオデッキ (bideodekki) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ビデオデッキ

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Meanings

1

videocassette recorder; VCR

Wasei-eigo term for a VCR; in modern Japanese often replaced by DVD/Blu-ray recorders, but still understood for older devices.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from video deck

昔むかしのビデオデッキで家か族ぞくの

ビデオ

を

見み

た

。

I watched a family video on an old VCR.

Don't confuse with

ビデオN4
ビデオデッキ clearly means the VCR machine, while ビデオ used this way is a colloquial abbreviation that can be ambiguous.

Built from

ビデオ+デッキ

Written forms

ビデオ・デッキ
- ビデオデッキ
  Variant with interpunct; less common in everyday writing.
- ビデオ・デッキ

Etymology

Wasei-eigo from English 'video' + 'deck', referring to a videocassette recorder.