Illustration: In a newly occupied magazine office, a small editorial team gathers around the first delivery of freshly printed magazines. Their finished covers show the same distinctive neighborhood illustration as a handmade mock-up propped beside the open carton.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

創そう刊かん

soukan

launch of a publication

Used for launching a newspaper or magazine. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 日本にっぽん創刊そうかんを果はたしたイギリス発はつのホームレスの人ひとだけが販売者はんばいしゃとなれるストリートペーパー「ビッグイシュー」について紹介しょうかいしよう。

    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.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 小山内おさないが創刊そうかん号ごうに小説しょうせつを寄稿きこう。

    OSANAI contributed a novel to its initial issue.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 鉄幹てっかんとともに雑誌ざっし「明星みょうじょう」を創刊そうかん。

    She started publishing Myojo magazine with Tekkan.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 創刊

  • 創genesis; woundOnソウ・ショウKunつくる・はじめる・きず
  • 刊publish; carveOnカン

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