How to say "casting" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounCasting of roles: choosing which performer plays which part in a film, play, or show. The katakana loanword; the kanji word 配役 covers the same ground and also names the cast itself.
- 鋳造ちゅうぞうnoun, suru verb, transitive verbCasting metal: shaping an object by pouring molten metal into a mold. Also covers founding and minting; for the finished cast-metal object, 鋳物 is the word.
- 投影とうえいnoun, suru verb, transitive verbHere 'casting' means throwing a shadow or a reflection — a shadow cast on the ground, a reflection cast in water. It is not the word for choosing actors or shaping metal.
- 鋳物いものnounCasting in the metalworking sense; it can also denote the result, a cast-metal object — a piece that has been cast. For the process itself, use 鋳造.
- 配役はいやくnounCasting for a play, film, or similar production, and also the cast itself — the actors assigned to the roles. The kanji counterpart to the loanword キャスティング.
Choose 「キャスティング」 or 配役 for casting actors (配役 also means the cast), 鋳造 for casting metal as a process, 鋳物 for a cast-metal object, and 投影 for casting a shadow or reflection.
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