季刊

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 季刊 is a noun read きかん, indicating a publication schedule of four issues a year, or one issue each season.
• Basic usage: Use 季刊の会報 to describe a newsletter's publication frequency and 季刊誌 for a quarterly periodical itself.
  • その研究会は季刊の会報を発行しています。 says that the study group publishes a quarterly newsletter; 春に創刊された季刊誌の編集を手伝いました。 describes helping edit a quarterly magazine launched in spring.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 季刊の会報
  • 季刊 describes the newsletter's publication interval, not its subject matter.
• 季刊 and 創刊
  • 季刊 states how often a publication appears, while 創刊 refers to launching its first issue.
• 季刊 and 月刊
  • 季刊 means publication once each season, whereas 月刊 means publication once each month.