創刊|そうかんsoukan[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbfoundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); starting; launching; first publication
    I shall be introducing the street paper that is only sold by the homeless, "The Big Issue", started in England and has had its first Japanese issue.
Conjugation
Dictionary form創刊する(そうかんする)
Polite (masu)創刊します(そうかんします)
Negative (nai)創刊しない(そうかんしない)
polite (masen)創刊しません(そうかんしません)
classical zu / nu創刊せず・創刊せぬ(そうかんせず・そうかんせぬ)
Past (ta)創刊した(そうかんした)
polite (mashita)創刊しました(そうかんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)創刊しなかった(そうかんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)創刊しませんでした(そうかんしませんでした)
Te form創刊して(そうかんして)
Potential創刊できる(そうかんできる)
Passive創刊される(そうかんされる)
Causative創刊させる(そうかんさせる)
Causative passive創刊させられる(そうかんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)創刊すれば(そうかんすれば)
tara創刊したら(そうかんしたら)
Volitional創刊しよう(そうかんしよう)
polite (mashou)創刊しましょう(そうかんしましょう)
Imperative創刊しろ(そうかんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms

    創刊 refers specifically to the launch or first publication of periodicals such as newspapers and magazines; it is not used for founding companies or other organizations.

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    Japanese definitions
    1. 新聞しんぶんや雑誌ざっしなどの定期ていき刊行物かんこうぶつを、新あらたに発行はっこうすること。
    Kanji in this word
    See also

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