How to say "edition" in Japanese

• 版はんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Covers the publishing sense of 'edition': a particular printing or version of a book or similar work. This is the word for a book's first or revised edition; it also means 'printing' or 'impression'.
  この辞書じしょは簡約かんやく版ばんだ。↗

  This dictionary is an abridged edition.
• 号ごうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Refers to a numbered issue of a magazine or newspaper — the 'edition' of a periodical. It is not the word for a book's edition; its other senses are 'number' and a machine's make or model.
  あなたの定期ていき購読こうどく予約よやくは六ろく月がつ号ごうで切きれます。↗

  Your subscription expires with the June issue.
• エディションCommon
  nounThe loanword, used mainly in product and media contexts such as software editions or special releases. For an ordinary book's edition, 版 is the natural choice rather than this.

Use 版 for the edition or printing of a book or similar publication, 号 for a numbered issue of a magazine or newspaper, and the loanword 「エディション」 mainly in product contexts such as software or special releases.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 版はんedition
• 号ごうnumber
• エディションedition
• 刊かんpublication