How to say "magazine" in Japanese
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- 雑誌ざっしnounThe default word for a magazine as a printed periodical — a regular publication with articles, photos, and ads. Use it for buying, reading, or talking about magazines of any kind.その雑誌はどこで買えますか。↗Where can I buy that magazine?
- 誌しnoun (suffix), counterA one-character abbreviation of 雑誌. Standing alone it is not how you say 'magazine'; it chiefly turns up as part of longer words naming or describing publications.
- nounThe English loanword for a periodical; it means the same publication as 雑誌 and is perfectly understood, though 雑誌 stays the everyday choice and マガジン can lend a foreign, stylish tone.
- 蔵くらnounNot a publication: this word means a storehouse, warehouse, or cellar, and matches 'magazine' only in the English word's storehouse sense, as in an ammunition magazine — seldom what you want.
For a printed periodical use 雑誌; 誌 is its one-character abbreviation, seen inside longer words; 「マガジン」 is the loanword for the same publication; 蔵 matches only the storehouse sense, never a magazine you read.
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