版はん

noun, noun, used as a suffix

edition; version; printing; impression; implementation

Covers published editions, software versions, and print runs. As a suffix, the reading often becomes ばん (e.g., 初版, 改訂版).

• この辞じ書しょの最さい新しん版ばんは2024年ねんに出でた。

  The latest edition of this dictionary came out in 2024.

• ソフトの新あたらしい版はんには多おおくの修しゅう正せいが含ふくまれている。

  The new version of the software includes many fixes.

noun

printing plate; block; cast

Technical printing term for a physical plate or block used in printing. Also written 板.

• 印いん刷さつ所じょでは版はんを一ひとつ一ひとつ手てで組くんでいた。

  At the printing shop, they assembled the plates one by one by hand.

counter

counter for editions

Used to count editions or printings of a publication. Often read ばん in compounds.

• この本ほんは第だい3版ぱんです。

  This book is the third edition.