発刊|はっかんhakkan[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbpublication; issue; launching (a publication)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 発刊する(はっかんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 発刊します(はっかんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 発刊しない(はっかんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 発刊しません(はっかんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 発刊せず・発刊せぬ(はっかんせず・はっかんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 発刊した(はっかんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 発刊しました(はっかんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 発刊しなかった(はっかんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 発刊しませんでした(はっかんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 発刊して(はっかんして) |
| Potential | 発刊できる(はっかんできる) |
| Passive | 発刊される(はっかんされる) |
| Causative | 発刊させる(はっかんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 発刊させられる(はっかんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 発刊すれば(はっかんすれば) |
| tara | 発刊したら(はっかんしたら) |
| Volitional | 発刊しよう(はっかんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 発刊しましょう(はっかんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 発刊しろ(はっかんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym発行はっこうNeutralThe broadest term: issuing books and magazines, but also banknotes and certificates. 「発刊」 is narrower, focusing on launching a new publication.
- Synonym出版しゅっぱんNeutralGeneral word for publishing books; widely used and often tied to the publishing industry and trade, not just the launch of a title.
- Synonym刊行かんこうWrittenWritten, formal word for printing and putting out books; seen in set phrases like 「刊行物」. It stresses the printing and issuing side.
- Synonym公刊こうかんWrittenWritten, formal word for publishing something to make it public; stresses open release to society rather than the launch itself.
- Antonym休刊きゅうかんNeutralThe opposite of 「発刊」: temporarily suspending publication of a newspaper or magazine instead of launching it.
- Antonym廃刊はいかんNeutralAlso the opposite of 「発刊」: a publication is discontinued for good and stops appearing, rather than being newly launched.
Use 「発刊」 for starting a new publication, especially a first issue, as in 「新雑誌の発刊」. For issuing or distributing say 「発行」, for publishing say 「出版」; 「休刊」 is a temporary suspension and 「廃刊」 a permanent shutdown.
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