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特別号 (tokubetsugou) Japanese meaning: special issue | Kotomora

特とく別べつ号ごう

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べ

つ

ご

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Meanings

1

special issue; special edition

Refers to a special number or issue of a magazine, journal, or other periodical publication.

今こん月げつの特とく別べつ号ごうは環かん境きょう問もん題

だい

を

特とく

集しゅう

し

て

いる

。

This month's special issue features environmental problems.

その雑ざっ誌しは年ねんに一いち度ど、特とく別べつ号ごうを発はっ行こうする。

The magazine publishes a special issue once a year.

Kanji

特special
別separate, branch off, diverge
号nickname, number, item

Related words

号ごう外がい
号外 is an unscheduled single-sheet extra rushed out for breaking news, while 特別号 is a planned special issue distributed through the normal publication schedule.

Built from

特とく別べつ+号ごう

Etymology

Compound of 特別 (special) + 号 (issue/number). The reading とくべつごう follows standard on'yomi readings.