ばん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. edition; version; printing; impression; implementation (e.g. software)
ばん when a suffix
Noun
2. plate; block; cast
also written 板
Counter
3. editions of a publication
Kanji used
edition
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (98 in total)
lithograph; lithography
movie version (based on TV series, anime, etc.); the movie
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
Examples (3 in total)
I didn't know there would be an Osaka edition.
This novel has been published in French as well.
This edition is limited to seven thousand copies.