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絶版 (ぜっぱん): out of print — Japanese vocabulary

絶版 is read ぜっぱん and means "out of print". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

絶版

Reading
ぜっぱん · zeppan
Translation
out of print
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ぜっぱんが

Example

この本はかつてはベストセラーだったが、今は絶版になっている。

このほんはかつてはベストセラーだったが、いまはぜっぱんになっている。

This book, which was once a best seller, is now out of print.

Kanji in this word

  • 絶 — extinct, absolute
  • 版 — Printing Block, Printing Plate, Edition

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