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 While the technology is outdated, the word appears in older learning materials.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)テープ(てーぷ)()いた。
I listened to English tapes on a radio cassette player.
(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()きな(きょく)録音(ろくおん)して何度(なんど)()いた。
I recorded my favorite songs on the radio cassette player and listened to them over and over.

ABBREVIATION: ラジオカセット → ラジカセ

LOANWORD combining "radio" + "cassette."

Historical term for a portable audio device popular in the 1980s-90s. Now largely replaced by digital audio players and smartphones. Appears in older JLPT N5 vocabulary lists.

RELATED:

  • テープレコーダー (tape recorder)
  • カセットテープ (cassette tape)
  • 録音(ろくおん)する (to record)