雑誌
ざっし
hepburn zasshi
magazine
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 電車で雑誌を読みます。I read magazines on the train.
- この雑誌は月刊です。This magazine is monthly.
Collocations
雑誌 (zasshi, magazine)月刊誌 (gekkanshi, monthly magazine)週刊誌 (shuukanshi, weekly magazine)マンガ雑誌 (manga zasshi, manga magazine)雑誌を読む (zasshi wo yomu, read a magazine)
Mnemonic
雑誌 zasshi — kanji "miscellaneous (雑) + record/document (誌)" = "book gathering many topics" = magazine. The same Sino reading surfaces across Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. Same 誌 in 日誌 (nisshi, journal/log), 誌面 (shimen, the magazine page), 機関誌 (kikanshi, organization's bulletin). 雑 (zatsu, miscellaneous) also in 雑談 (zatsudan, chitchat), 雑音 (zatsuon, noise). A textbook case of the shared Sino-CJK vocabulary stratum — learn one kanji at N5 and unlock dozens at N3-N2.
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