出版・出板|しゅっぱんshuppan[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
出版出版 is the most common written form and the default choice recommended for beginners when writing this word.
出板出板 is a rarely used kanji-only variant and is less common than 出版; beginners should choose 出版 instead.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbpublication
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 出版する（しゅっぱんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 出版します（しゅっぱんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 出版しない（しゅっぱんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 出版しません（しゅっぱんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 出版せず・出版せぬ（しゅっぱんせず・しゅっぱんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 出版した（しゅっぱんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 出版しました（しゅっぱんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 出版しなかった（しゅっぱんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 出版しませんでした（しゅっぱんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 出版して（しゅっぱんして） |
| Potential | 出版できる（しゅっぱんできる） |
| Passive | 出版される（しゅっぱんされる） |
| Causative | 出版させる（しゅっぱんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 出版させられる（しゅっぱんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 出版すれば（しゅっぱんすれば） |
| tara | 出版したら（しゅっぱんしたら） |
| Volitional | 出版しよう（しゅっぱんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 出版しましょう（しゅっぱんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 出版しろ（しゅっぱんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym発行はっこうNeutralBroader than 「出版」: covers issuing newspapers and magazines, and also issuing documents and currency, as in 「パスポートの発行」. Neutral register.
- Synonym刊行かんこうWrittenPublishing books, as in 「全集を刊行する」; leans toward written usage and is typical of collected works and academic series.
- Synonym発刊はっかんWrittenWritten/formal: launching or publishing a periodical, as in 「雑誌を発刊する」; mostly used for newspapers and magazines.
- SynonymリリースNeutralLoanword for releasing records, software, press releases, as in 「新曲リリース」; not limited to books. Neutral.
- Synonym公刊こうかんWrittenFormal written word for publishing something publicly; in everyday speech you would just say 「出版」.
- Synonym上梓じょうしWrittenElegant written/formal word for publishing a written work, as in 「新著を上梓する」; carries a literary flavor.
- Synonym発兌はつだWrittenRare, old-fashioned word for publishing and issuing; not used in modern Japanese.
- Synonym印行いんこうWrittenRare written/formal word for printing and issuing; in daily use say 「出版」 or 「刊行」.
- Synonym版行はんこうWrittenOld-fashioned term for printing and publishing; can also mean a seal or stamp. Little used today.
- Synonym開板かいはんWrittenHistorical term for publishing via woodblock printing; extremely narrow in use.
- Synonym上木じょうぼくWrittenRare written/formal word for publishing a work; read 「うわき」, it instead means the upper layer of trees. Usually say 「出版」 or 「刊行」.
- Related発表はっぴょうNeutralMaking something public or announcing it, as in 「研究成果を発表する」; the result need not appear as a printed book. Neutral.
- Related書き著すかきあらわすWrittenWritten/formal verb about writing and completing a work; the emphasis is on the writing, not on publishing it.
- Antonym廃刊はいかんWrittenAntonym: a publication ceasing publication, as in 「雑誌が廃刊になる」. Written/formal prose.
- Antonym絶版ぜっぱんNeutralAntonym: a book going out of print and no longer reprinted, as in 「絶版本」. Neutral.
Use 「出版」 for publishing books. 「発行」 is broader, covering newspapers, magazines and documents; 「刊行」 and 「上梓」 are written/formal for books; 「リリース」 fits songs and software; 「発表」 is making results public; 「廃刊」 is the opposite, ceasing publication.
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