創そう刊かん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

founding of a periodical; first issue; launch

Used specifically for the initial publication of a newspaper, magazine, or similar serial. Often appears as 創刊号 (first issue) or in the verb form 創刊する.

• この雑ざっ誌しは1950年ねんに創そう刊かんされた。

  This magazine was first published in 1950.

• 来らい月げつ、新あたらしい文ぶん