How to say "journal" in Japanese

• 雑誌ざっしJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounFor 'journal' in the periodical sense — a magazine, or an academic journal — this is the word. It denotes a regularly issued publication, whether a general magazine or a scholarly journal.
  その雑誌ざっしはどこで買かえますか。↗

  Where can I buy that magazine?
• ジャーナルCommon
  nounThe loanword, matching English 'journal' in both its main senses: scholarly journals, and logs or running records of events. Its katakana form gives it a foreign, rather academic flavour.
• 日誌にっしCommon
  nounA log: a day-by-day record kept as a matter of routine, often for work, duty or a voyage. The tone is matter-of-fact rather than personal — closer to 'log' than to 'diary'.
• 誌しCommon
  noun (suffix), counterA shortened form of 雑誌, not an independent word. You will meet it inside compounds rather than standing alone; to say 'journal' or 'magazine' in a sentence, 雑誌 is the word.
  彼かれはタイム誌しを予約よやく購読こうどくしている。↗

  He subscribed to Time magazine.
• 日記にっきJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe personal diary: a private, day-by-day record of one's life, thoughts and feelings. For 'journal' in the sense of a personal diary you keep for yourself, this is the natural word.
  彼女かのじょはそのことを日記にっきに書かいた。↗

  She wrote about it in her diary.

雑誌 is the word for periodicals, 「ジャーナル」 the loanword for scholarly journals and logs, 日誌 a factual daily log, 日記 a personal diary, and 誌 only appears inside compounds.

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

• 雑誌ざっしmagazine
• ジャーナルjournal
• 日誌にっしjournal
• 誌しmagazine
• 日記にっきdiary
• 日録にちろくjournal
• 仕訳表しわけひょうjournal (accounts)
• 弊誌へいし(our) magazine
• 論文誌ろんぶんし(academic) journal