初しょ版はん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

first edition

Refers to the first published version of a book, magazine, or other printed work. Often used in bibliographic contexts or when distinguishing from later editions.

この本ほんの初しょ版はんは1985年ねんに発はっ行こうされた。
The first edition of this book was published in 1985.
初しょ版はんと第だい二に版はんでは内ない容ようが少すこし違ちがう。
The content differs slightly between the first and second editions.

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Usage patterns

初しょ版はんを発はっ行こうするto publish a first edition
その小しょう説せつは先せん月げつ、初しょ版はんを発はっ行こうした。
The first edition of that novel was published last month.
初しょ版はんは〈数すう〉部ぶthe first edition print run is (a certain number of) copies
初しょ版はんは五ご千せん部ぶだった。
The first edition had a print run of five thousand copies.
初しょ版はんが絶ぜっ版ぱんになるfor the first edition to go out of print
この本ほんの初しょ版はんはすでに絶ぜっ版ぱんになっている。
The first edition of this book is already out of print.

Kanji

初first time, beginning
版printing block, printing plate, edition

Opposites

再さい版はん
初版 is the very first printing of a book, while 再版 refers to a later printing or edition after the first.
改かい訂てい版ばんN2
初版 is the original first edition of a work, the opposite of a later 改訂版 that has been revised.

Don't confuse with

新しん版ぱん
初版 specifically means the first edition ever printed, whereas 新版 just means a newer edition and may or may not be the first.
改かい訂てい版ばんN2
初版 is the original, unrevised first printing, while 改訂版 is a later edition that has been corrected or updated.
新しん刊かんN1
初版 means the first printing/edition of a book, while 新刊 emphasizes that the book was recently released, regardless of edition.

Word family

初しょ版はん本ぼん
first edition

Etymology

Compound of 初 (sho, 'first') and 版 (han, 'edition' or 'printing').