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創刊そうかん (soukan)

launching (e.g. newspaper), first issue

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Meaning

創刊 (そうかん, soukan) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “launching (e.g. newspaper), first issue”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

新あたらしいコミック雑誌ざっしが創刊そうかんされる

A new comic magazine will be launched.

1916年創刊。

First published in 1916.

回覧雑誌『望野』を創刊。

He published the first issue of "Boya (Perspective)," a circular magazine.

1月、『医事新論』を創刊。

In January, he began to issue "Iji Shinron" (Medical News).

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