媒体|ばいたいbaitai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmedium; media
   空気くうきは音おとの媒体ばいたいだ。↗

   The air is a medium for sound.

• SynonymメディアNeutralNeutral loanword for the media, the everyday choice; largely interchangeable with 「媒体」 and also used for storage media as in 「記録メディア」.
• Synonym媒介物ばいかいぶつWrittenWritten, specialist term for something that links or conveys between two things, also a carrier of disease; not the usual word for mass media.

For news, advertising and other media, formal contexts use 「媒体」 while everyday speech prefers 「メディア」; recording media can be 「記録媒体」 or 「記録メディア」. 「媒介物」 is a written, specialist word for a conveying medium or disease carrier.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 情報じょうほう伝達でんたつの仲立なかだちとなるもの。メディア。
2. 媒質ばいしつとなる物体ぶったい。