新しん刊かん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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new book; new publication

Refers to a book, magazine issue, or other publication that has recently come out; commonly used in bookstores, publishing, and reviews.

好すきな作さっ家かの新しん刊かんを予よ約やくした。
I reserved the new book by my favorite author.
駅えき前まえの本ほん屋やに新しん刊かんがたくさん並ならんでいる。
Many new publications are lined up at the bookstore in front of the station.

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Usage patterns

新しん刊かんが出でるa new book/publication comes out
来らい月げつ、彼かの女じょの新しん刊かんが出でる予よ定ていだ。
Her new book is scheduled to come out next month.
新しん刊かんを買かうto buy a newly released book
書しょ店てんで気きになる新しん刊かんを買かった。
I bought a new release that caught my eye at the bookstore.
新しん刊かんを予よ約やくするto pre-order a new release
発はつ売ばい前まえに新しん刊かんを予よ約やくしておいた。
I pre-ordered the new release before it went on sale.

Kanji

新new
刊publish, carve, engrave

Related words

新しん作さく
新作 is a broader term for any new work (film, game, art, etc.), whereas 新刊 specifically means a newly published book or magazine.
新しん書しょN1
新書 can mean a newly published book, but 新刊 is the clearer, more general word for 'new release,' while 新書 usually implies the small paperback format.
近きん著ちょ
新刊 refers to a newly released book in general publishing terms, while 近著 is used specifically about an author's or scholar's own recent work.

Opposites

既き刊かん
新刊 refers to a publication that has just come out, while 既刊 refers to one that has already been published.
古こ書しょ
新刊 refers to a newly published book, the opposite of 古書, which is old or secondhand.

Don't confuse with

初しょ版はんN1
初版 means the first printing/edition of a book, while 新刊 emphasizes that the book was recently released, regardless of edition.

Counted with

冊さつN1
For bound volumes — books, magazines, notebooks.
部ぶN2
Used when counting copies or issues of a publication rather than individual physical books.

Word family

新しん刊かん書しょ
new book; new publication
新しん刊かん書しょ誌し
current bibliography; list of new publications
新しん刊かん紹しょう介かい
new book introduction; book review

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 新, meaning “new,” and 刊, meaning “publication” or “printing.”