Japanese word

初版

Pronunciation

Romajishohan

父はその小説の初版を持っています。chichi wa so no shō setsu no sho han o mo tte i ma su

My father has the first edition of that novel.

この本は初版以降、何度も改訂されています。ko no hon wa sho han i kō nan do mo kai tei sa re te i ma su

This book has been revised many times since the first edition.

Identifies the first edition in which a work is published, before any later edition.

初刷shosatsu: The first printing made within an edition, which may be followed by other printings.

書物や作品が初めて世に出た際の版。sho motsu ya saku hin ga haji me te yo ni de ta sai no ban

The Sino-Japanese noun 初版 (shohan, "first edition") is formed from 初 (sho, "first") and 版 (han, "edition").

In English book collecting, first edition and first printing are not always identical because one edition may have multiple printings.