casting vote

Misspelling of キャスティングボート (kyasutingu bōto, “casting vote”).

(film, stage) casting (of actors, dancers, etc.) / (fishing) the act of casting a line, net, etc.

write; record (words, figures) on the surface of (something) / compose; put (an idea, etc) into words

conjunctive form of 書く

indicates that something undesirable was done or happened

to close / to finish, do something completely / to put away, to put an end to / is, or was (with conjugation), done completely / happens, or happened, unexpectedly / is done with difficulty

traditional folk song of Amami / (more broadly) traditional folk song of Okinawa

To do something completely (unintentionally); cannot help doing

boat; rowboat