キャストkyasuto

Common
Definitions
  1. nouncast (of a film, play, etc.); cast member; role
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, fishingcasting (a line)
  3. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, computingcasting (video, audio, etc.)
  4. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, computing(type) casting
Conjugation
Dictionary formキャストする
Polite (masu)キャストします
Negative (nai)キャストしない
polite (masen)キャストしません
classical zu / nuキャストせず・キャストせぬ
Past (ta)キャストした
polite (mashita)キャストしました
Past negative (nakatta)キャストしなかった
polite (masen deshita)キャストしませんでした
Te formキャストして
Potentialキャストできる
Passiveキャストされる
Causativeキャストさせる
Causative passiveキャストさせられる
Conditional (ba)キャストすれば
taraキャストしたら
Volitionalキャストしよう
polite (mashou)キャストしましょう
Imperativeキャストしろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym配役はいやくNeutralRefers to assigning roles or the roles assigned, as in 「配役が決まる」. Focuses on who plays what; 「キャスト」 points to the lineup of actors itself.
  • AntonymスタッフNeutralGenerally means staff or workers; in film and theater production it refers to the behind-the-scenes crew, contrasted with the on-stage 「キャスト」.

Use 「キャスト」 for a film or TV cast or amusement-park staff, as in 「豪華キャスト」. For role assignment say 「配役」; the behind-the-scenes crew in production is 「スタッフ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 劇げき、映画えいがなどの配役はいやく。
  2. 遊園地ゆうえんちなどのスタッフ。
  3. コンピューターのプログラミングで、データを別べつの型かたに変換へんかんすること。型かた変換へんかん。
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