Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 2
ぞく
Grade: S
ばん
Grade: 5
on'yomi goon kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
海賊版 (kyūjitai)
 
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Etymology

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Compound of 海賊 (kaizoku, pirate) +‎ (ban, edition, version), calque of English pirated edition.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かい)(ぞく)(ばん) (kaizokuban

  1. pirated version, bootleg

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN