How to say "reprint" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 再版さいはんnoun, suru verb, transitive verbReprinting a book so it comes out again, often as a new edition — hence the 'second edition' sense. Fits a publisher bringing a title out afresh rather than merely running extra copies.
- 重版じゅうはんnoun, suru verb, transitive verbAn additional printing: putting a book back through the press for more copies, typically because demand has outstripped supply. Also covers a reissue; familiar from publishing news about titles going back to print.
- 増刷ぞうさつnoun, suru verb, transitive verbAn additional print run: printing more copies of a book already published. In this sense it overlaps heavily with 重版, the nuance being an increase in the number of copies.
- 復刻版ふっこくばんnounA facsimile edition: an older work reproduced faithfully in its original form — the edition itself, not the act of running extra copies. The natural choice when a classic or out-of-print title is reissued as-is.
Choose 再版 for bringing a book out again, often as a new edition; 重版 or 増刷 for an additional print run of the same edition; and 復刻版 for a facsimile reprint of an older, out-of-print work.
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