海賊版

Japanese
Kanji in this term
海 賊 版
かい
Grade: 2		 ぞく
Grade: S		 ばん
Grade: 5
on’yomi goon kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
海賊版 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かいぞくばん [kàízókúbáń] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠izo̞kɯ̟ᵝbã̠ɴ]

Noun

海(かい)賊(ぞく)版(ばん) • (kaizokuban) 

  1. pirated version, bootleg

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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