刊かん行こう

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刊行する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	刊かん行こうする	刊かん行こうしない
Polite	刊かん行こうします	刊かん行こうしません
Past polite	刊かん行こうしました	刊かん行こうしませんでした
Past	刊かん行こうした	刊かん行こうしなかった
Te-form	刊かん行こうして	刊かん行こうしないで
Desire	刊かん行こうしたい	刊かん行こうしたくない
Potential	刊かん行こうできる	刊かん行こうできない
Passive	刊かん行こうされる	刊かん行こうされない
Causative	刊かん行こうさせる	刊かん行こうさせない
Causative passive	刊かん行こうさせられる	刊かん行こうさせられない
Volitional	刊かん行こうしよう
Polite volitional	刊かん行こうしましょう
Imperative	刊かん行こうしろ	刊かん行こうするな
Conditional	刊かん行こうすれば	刊かん行こうしなければ
Tara conditional	刊かん行こうしたら	刊かん行こうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

publication; issue

Refers to the act of publishing or issuing printed materials such as books, magazines, or newspapers. Often used in formal or business contexts.

新あたらしい雑ざっ誌しが来らい月げつ刊かん行こうされる予よ定ていです。
A new magazine is scheduled to be published next month.
この辞じ書しょは昨さく年ねん刊かん行こうされた。
This dictionary was published last year.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の刊かん行こうが始はじまるthe publication of something begins
来らい月げつから新あたらしい雑ざっ誌しの刊かん行こうが始はじまる。
The publication of a new magazine will begin next month.
〈物もの〉を定てい期き的てきに刊かん行こうするto publish something on a regular basis
この学がっ会かいは年ねんに四よん回かい、学がく術じゅつ誌しを定てい期き的てきに刊かん行こうしている。
This academic society regularly publishes a journal four times a year.
〈物もの〉の刊かん行こうを中ちゅう止しするto discontinue the publication of something
経けい営えい難なんのため、その雑ざっ誌しは刊かん行こうを中ちゅう止しした。
Due to financial difficulties, the magazine discontinued publication.
〈事こと〉を記き念ねんして刊かん行こうするto publish something to commemorate an event
創そう立りつ百ひゃく周しゅう年ねんを記き念ねんして記き念ねん誌しを刊かん行こうした。
They published a commemorative volume to mark the hundredth anniversary of the founding.

Kanji

刊publish, carve, engrave
行going, journey, carry out

Related words

出しゅっ版ぱんN3
出版 is the general term for publishing books, magazines, and the like, while 刊行 tends to emphasize scheduled or regular issuance, as in periodicals or series.
発はっ行こうN3
発行 covers issuing a wide range of items such as tickets, certificates, and currency, whereas 刊行 is limited to publishing printed materials like books or magazines.
創そう刊かんN1
刊行 is the general word for publishing a book or periodical at any time, whereas 創刊 specifically marks the launch of a new serial.
発はっ刊かん
刊行 is a near-synonym for putting a book or document into print, while 発刊 leans toward the act of launching or issuing a publication as an event.

Opposites

廃はい刊かん
廃刊 means to permanently stop publishing a periodical or series, the opposite of 刊行, which means to carry out or begin publishing it.

Don't confuse with

発はっ刊かん
発刊 refers specifically to launching a publication for the first time, while 刊行 refers more broadly to the ongoing act of publishing, including later issues and reprints.
慣かん行こうN1
刊行 (publication, issuing of a book) is pronounced identically to 慣行 (customary practice) but has a completely unrelated meaning.

Counted with

回かいN4
刊行 is counted with 回 when referring to the number of times something has been published or issued, e.g. 年に三回の刊行 (published three times a year).

Word family

刊かん行こう会かい
publication society; publishing association
刊かん行こう物ぶつ
publication; periodical
未み刊かん行こう
unpublished

Etymology

Compound of 刊 (publish, carve) and 行 (go, carry out). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys the idea of carrying out publication.