Japanese word

刷り

Pronunciation

Romajisuri

この本は刷りが悪くて、字が読みにくいです。ko no hon wa su ri ga waru ku te ji ga yo mi ni ku i de su

The printing in this book is poor, so the letters are hard to read.

再版では刷りが改善され、写真の細部まで見えるようになりました。sai han de wa su ri ga kai zen sa re sha shin no sai bu ma de mi e ru yō ni na ri ma shi ta

In the reprint, the printing was improved, so even the fine details of the photographs became visible.

Describes the quality and visible result of transferring text or images onto paper.

印刷insatsu: The process of reproducing text or images on paper.

印刷した文字や図などの仕上がり具合。in satsu shi ta moji ya zu na do no shi a ga ri gu ai

刷り (suri) is the noun form of 刷る (suru), "to print", made from the verb's stem.

In Japanese publishing discussions, 刷り (suri) can evaluate how cleanly fine characters and lines appear, rather than how well the text itself is written.