How to say "publishing" in Japanese

• パブリッシング
  nounThe katakana loanword for publishing as a business and activity: bringing out books, magazines, and the like. Use it when talking about the publishing industry, companies, or the field in general.
• 版行はんこう
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers publishing in the sense of printing and putting out a work. A less common word, so it is seldom the natural choice for talking about publishing in general.
• 開板かいはん
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbPublishing, especially by woodblock printing — the traditional carved-block technique. Unless that method is specifically what you mean, this is not the word for publishing in general.
• パブリッシュ
  noun, suru verbThe loanword verb for publishing: putting content out or making it public. It often appears in web and software contexts, and for the book and magazine business パブリッシング is the closer loanword.
• 収載しゅうさい
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReally means being included in a compilation; publishing is only a secondary sense. Seldom the word for the act of publishing itself — use it to say a work is included in a compilation.

For the book and magazine business use 「パブリッシング」; 版行 covers publishing as printing; 開板 is for woodblock printing; 「パブリッシュ」 means putting content out; 収載 is really inclusion in a compilation.

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

• パブリッシングpublishing (of books, magazines, etc.)
• 版行はんこうpublishing
• 開板かいはんpublishing (esp. using woodblock printing)
• パブリッシュpublishing
• 収載しゅうさいincluding (in a compilation)
• 印行いんこうprinting
• 活字化かつじかputting into print