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刊行物 (kankoubutsu) Japanese meaning: publication | Kotomora

刊かん行こう物ぶつ

か

ん

こ

う

ぶ

つ

Meanings

1

publication; periodical

A general term for printed or published materials, including books, magazines, and journals.

この図と書しょ館かんには多おおくの学がく術じゅつ

刊かん

行こう

物ぶつ

が

所しょ

蔵ぞう

さ

れ

て

いる

。

This library holds many academic publications.

刊かん行こう物ぶつの定てい期き購こう読どくを申もうし込こんだ。

I subscribed to a periodical.

Kanji

刊publish, carve, engrave
行going, journey, carry out
物thing, object, matter

Related words

出しゅっ版ぱん物ぶつ
刊行物 is a more formal, often academic or bureaucratic term for published works, while 出版物 is the everyday general term.

Word family

定てい期き刊かん行こう物ぶつ
periodical; periodical publication
逐ちく次じ刊かん行こう物ぶつ
serial publication

Built from

刊かん行こう+物ぶつ

Etymology

Compound of 刊行 (publication, from 刊 'publish' and 行 'go, carry out') and 物 (thing).