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発売 (はつばい, hatsubai) Japanese meaning: sale | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 500 Conjugation 発売する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 発はつ 売ばい する 発はつ 売ばい しない Polite 発はつ 売ばい します 発はつ 売ばい しません Past polite 発はつ 売ばい しました 発はつ 売ばい しませんでした Past 発はつ 売ばい した 発はつ 売ばい しなかった Te-form 発はつ 売ばい して 発はつ 売ばい しないで Desire 発はつ 売ばい したい 発はつ 売ばい したくない Potential 発はつ 売ばい できる 発はつ 売ばい できない Passive 発はつ 売ばい される 発はつ 売ばい されない Causative 発はつ 売ばい させる 発はつ 売ばい させない Causative passive 発はつ 売ばい させられる 発はつ 売ばい させられない Volitional 発はつ 売ばい しよう Polite volitional 発はつ 売ばい しましょう Imperative 発はつ 売ばい しろ 発はつ 売ばい するな Conditional 発はつ 売ばい すれば 発はつ 売ばい しなければ Tara conditional 発はつ 売ばい したら 発はつ 売ばい しなかったら
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ゲーム
が
来らい
月げつ
発はつ
売ばい
さ
れる
。
The new game will be released next month.
This book became a bestseller as soon as it went on sale.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 発はつ 売ばい される for something to be released/put on sale
The new game will be released next month.
〈 物もの 〉 を 発はつ 売ばい する to release/put a product on sale
The company released a new smartphone.
発はつ 売ばい を 開かい 始し する to begin selling/releasing a product
Ticket sales will begin next week.
発はつ 売ばい を 延えん 期き する to postpone a product's release
They ended up postponing the release due to technical issues.
発はつ 売ばい から 〈 数かず 〉 で 完かん 売ばい する to sell out within a certain time after release
The album sold out within a day of its release.
Kanji 発 departure, discharge, publish Related words· 6 販売 is the general term for selling or marketing a product, while 発売 specifically refers to its initial release onto the market.
売り出す implies actively promoting or pushing a product for sale, whereas 発売 is a neutral term simply describing that a product has become available.
リリース is a casual, tech/entertainment-industry loanword for a product release, while 発売 is the standard, more formal Japanese term.
発売 simply means a product going on sale, while 新発売 stresses that it is newly introduced to the market.
Show 2 more 発売 highlights the launch of a specific new product, while 市販 emphasizes that a product is generally available for purchase in stores.
発売 means putting a commercial product on sale, whereas 発行 refers to formally issuing publications, currency, or official documents.
Don't confuse with 出版 specifically means publishing printed or digital works, while 発売 means putting any product (not just publications) on sale.
発表 means to announce or present something publicly, while 発売 specifically means to put a product on sale.
Word family· 7 new release; newly on sale; launch
not yet on sale; unreleased
on sale; available for purchase
Etymology Compound of 発 (hatsu, 'departure, start') and 売 (bai, 'sell'), literally 'start selling'. The reading is on'yomi.
もと
seller; sales agency; distributor
sales office; ticket outlet
