復ふっ刻こく

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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

republication; reissue; reproduction

Refers to republishing a book, record, or other work, often as a faithful reproduction of the original edition.

この小しょう説せつは絶ぜっ版ぱんだったが、先せん月げつ復ふっ刻こくされた。
This novel was out of print, but it was reissued last month.

復ふっ刻こく版ばんのCDを買かった。

I bought a reissued CD.

Written forms

復ふっ刻こくUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for republication or reproduction of a work.
覆ふっ刻こくUsage1%
Alternate kanji form using 覆 (cover/return); less common than 復刻.
複ふっ刻こく
Variant using 複 (duplicate); seen occasionally but not standard.

Kanji

復restore, return to, revert
刻engrave, cut fine, chop
覆capsize, cover, shade
複duplicate, double, compound

Similar words

再さい版はん
再版 is a general term for a second or later printing of the same edition, while 復刻 implies a reproduction of an earlier, often out-of-print, edition.
復ふっ刊かん
復刊 is used for resuming publication of a periodical or series that had ceased, whereas 復刻 is for reproducing a specific past work.

Etymology

Compound of 復 (return, again) and 刻 (carve, engrave), originally referring to re-carving printing blocks to reproduce an earlier edition. The spelling 覆刻 uses 覆 (cover, overturn) with a similar sense of 'returning to the original'.