再版|さいはんsaihan[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbreprint; reprinting; second edition
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 再版する（さいはんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 再版します（さいはんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 再版しない（さいはんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 再版しません（さいはんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 再版せず・再版せぬ（さいはんせず・さいはんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 再版した（さいはんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 再版しました（さいはんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 再版しなかった（さいはんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 再版しませんでした（さいはんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 再版して（さいはんして） |
| Potential | 再版できる（さいはんできる） |
| Passive | 再版される（さいはんされる） |
| Causative | 再版させる（さいはんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 再版させられる（さいはんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 再版すれば（さいはんすれば） |
| tara | 再版したら（さいはんしたら） |
| Volitional | 再版しよう（さいはんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 再版しましょう（さいはんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 再版しろ（さいはんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym復刻ふっこくWrittenWritten register. Reproducing an out-of-print old book exactly as the original; carries a more nostalgic feel than 「再版」.
- Synonym重版じゅうはんNeutralNeutral. An extra printing of the same edition because the book sells well; more common than 「再版」 in the publishing trade.
- SynonymリプリントNeutralNeutral loanword for printing an old book or magazine again; leans industry jargon but is otherwise interchangeable with 「再版」.
- Synonym再刊さいかんWrittenWritten register. Reviving a suspended or discontinued magazine, or an out-of-print book, by publishing it again.
- Synonym重刷じゅうさつWrittenWritten register. An additional printing of the same edition with no changes — an extra run rather than a new edition.
- Synonym再発行さいはっこうFormalFormal. Reissuing bonds, passports and the like as well as books; not limited to print media.
- Related重刻じゅうこくWrittenWritten and rare. Re-carving blocks to reprint a book, or re-engraving a lost stele from a rubbing; associated with woodblock printing.
- Related翻刻ほんこくWrittenWritten register. Re-setting or re-carving an already published book for a new printing, or publishing a foreign-language original in Japan.
- Related翻印ほんいんWrittenWritten and rare. A reprint made by 翻刻, i.e. re-carving blocks or resetting type for an existing book; leans toward old books and classics.
- Related刷り直すすりなおすCasualColloquial verb for printing a book or printed matter over again as needed; focuses on the action rather than the publishing event.
- Related増し刷りましずりNeutralPublishing term for an additional printing of an already published book or magazine. 「再版」 itself can also mean a second edition or a figurative repeat of the past.
- Antonym初版しょはんNeutralNeutral. A book's first edition, standing opposite 「再版」 as a second publication.
Use 「再版」 for printing and publishing a book again, including a second edition, and figuratively for a repeat of past events, as in 「…の再版」. For a bestseller's extra run say 「重版」; for a faithful reproduction of an old book say 「復刻」; the opposite is 「初版」.
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