発刊|はっかんhakkan[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbpublication; issue; launching (a publication)
    君きみの本ほん、いつ発刊はっかんされる予定よてい?↗
    When will your book be published?
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 雑誌ざっしや書籍しょせきなどの図書としょを発行はっこうすること。
  2. 新あらたに定期ていき刊行物かんこうぶつを発行はっこうすること。
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