キャスト

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cast.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

キャスト • (kyasuto) 

  1. cast of a movie or theatrical performance
  2. staff of an amusement park
  3. kyabakura hostess
    Synonyms: キャバ嬢, キャバクラ嬢
  4. casting bait to catch fish
  5. (programming) cast

Verb

キャストする • (kyasuto suru) suru (stem キャストし (kyasuto shi), past キャストした (kyasuto shita))

  1. to cast someone, to assign someone a theatrical role
  2. to cast bait

Conjugation

Conjugation of "キャストする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") キャストし kyasuto shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") キャストし kyasuto shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") キャストする kyasuto suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") キャストする kyasuto suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") キャストすれ kyasuto sure
Meireikei ("imperative") キャストせよ¹
キャストしろ² 		kyasuto seyo¹
kyasuto shiro²
Key constructions
Passive キャストされる kyasuto sareru
Causative キャストさせる
キャストさす 		kyasuto saseru
kyasuto sasu
Potential キャストできる kyasuto dekiru
Volitional キャストしよう kyasuto shiyō
Negative キャストしない kyasuto shinai
Negative continuative キャストせず kyasuto sezu
Formal キャストします kyasuto shimasu
Perfective キャストした kyasuto shita
Conjunctive キャストして kyasuto shite
Hypothetical conditional キャストすれば kyasuto sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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