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出版社 (しゅっぱんしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

出しゅっ版ぱん社しゃ

しゅ

っ

ぱ

ん

しゃ

Common wordJLPTN3

Meanings

1

noun

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

Refers to a company or organization that publishes books, magazines, etc.

彼かれは大おお手て出しゅっ版ぱん社しゃに勤つとめている。
He works for a major publishing company.
その出しゅっ版ぱん社しゃは新

あたら

しい

小しょう

説せつ

を

出しゅっ

版ぱん

し

た

。

That publisher released a new novel.

Written forms

出しゅっ版ぱん社しゃ
Standard kanji form; high priority.
出しゅっ版ぱん者しゃ
Less common variant; may be encountered but 出版社 is strongly preferred.

Kanji

出exit, leave, go out
版printing block, printing plate, edition
社company, firm, office
者someone, person

Similar words

出しゅっ版ぱん
出版 is the act of publishing or the industry; 出版社 is the company that does the publishing.
発はっ行こう所しょ
発行所 is a more formal term for a publisher or issuing office, often used in colophons; 出版社 is the common everyday word.

Etymology

Compound of 出版 (shuppan, 'publishing') + 社 (sha, 'company').