Vocabulary

What does 発売 (はつばい, hatsubai) mean?

発売 (はつばい, hatsubai) means going on sale, release.

Quick facts
Readingはつばい
Romajihatsubai
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
はつばい
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonhatsubai

going on sale, release

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive sale; offering for sale; putting on sale

Example sentences

  • This book will go on sale next month.

  • A new game was released.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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