ラジカセ

らじかせ

noun

radio cassette player

1. radio cassette player, boombox

A portable device combining a radio and cassette tape player/recorder. Short for ラジオカセット. While the technology is outdated, the word appears in older learning materials.

ラジカセで英語(えいご)のテープを聞(き)いた。

I listened to English tapes on a radio cassette player.

昔(むかし)はラジカセが人気(にんき)だった。

Radio cassette players used to be popular.

ラジカセで好(す)きな曲(きょく)を録音(ろくおん)して何度(なんど)も聞(き)いた。

I recorded my favorite songs on the radio cassette player and listened to them over and over.

ラジカセ is an abbreviation of ラジオカセット, combining the loanwords "radio" and "cassette." It refers to a portable boombox-style device.

Etymology

Popular in the 1980s-90s, ラジカセ has been largely replaced by スマートフォン and digital players. The word still appears in older JLPT vocabulary lists and may come up in conversations about past technology or nostalgia.

Common collocations

ラジカセで聞(き)く: to listen on a radio cassette player
ラジカセで録音(ろくおん)する: to record on a radio cassette player

Related words

カセットテープ: cassette tape
テープレコーダー: tape recorder
録音(ろくおん)する: to record audio
CDプレーヤー: CD player (successor technology)

Related Words

Related: テープレコーダー (tape recorder)

Related: カセットテープ (cassette tape)

Related: 録音(ろくおん)する (to record audio)

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Added 2026.1.11 21:43 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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