ビデオ

ビデオ · bideo · JLPT N3 · noun

magnetic tape

📼 Loanword from English video: ビデオ bideo is video said the Japanese way

Japanese has no v sound, so loanwords swap v for b: video becomes bideo. The same swap gives バイオリン (baiorin) for violin. In older usage ビデオ means the tape or the VCR, not just any video.

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