ビデオ

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1Video — recorded or broadcast moving images, or the footage itself.

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Examples

今夜のニュースのビデオをもう一度見たい。

I want to watch tonight's news video again.

その会議のビデオをオンラインで公開する予定だ。

They plan to publish the video of that meeting online.

彼は面白いビデオを友達に送った。

He sent a funny video to his friend.

2Short for videotape (e.g., VHS); refers to the physical recording medium, now mostly spoken of nostalgically as an older technology.

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Examples

子どもの頃のビデオに家族の映像が残っている。

There are family recordings on an old videotape from my childhood.

昔は映画をビデオで借りて観たものだ。

Back then, we used to rent movies on videotape and watch them.

3Short for a video cassette recorder (VCR) — the device used to record or play videotapes; now a largely obsolete piece of equipment.

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Examples

祖父は古いビデオをまだ持っている。

My grandfather still has an old VCR.

4A short film or online video clip, used the way English 'video' is for short moving-image content.

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Examples

学生が短いビデオを作ってプレゼンで使った。

A student made a short video and used it in a presentation.

YouTubeにアップしたビデオがすぐに拡散した。

The video uploaded to YouTube quickly went viral.