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再版

さいはん

N1reprint · new printing

Examples

売り切れた詩集の再版が決まった。

初版の誤りを直して翌年に再版した。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 再版 (さいはん) means issuing another printing of a book. Nominal 再版が決まる is a publishing decision; verbal 再版した is completed reprinting.
  • Basic usage: A new printing is approved for a sold-out poetry collection; another book is reprinted after correcting first-edition errors.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Decision to reprint and reprinting after correction
    • The first sentence remains at the decision stage; the second reports completed action including corrections. The term need not imply an unchanged mechanical copy.

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