This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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さつ
counter for books; volume
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さく
imperial edict to confer nobility titles (in ancient China)
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別冊

別册
べっさつ
separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume
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冊子

さっし
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
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草紙

草子、双紙、冊子
そうし
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
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分冊

ぶんさつ
separate volume; fascicle; fascicule
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冊数

さっすう
number of books
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短冊

短籍、短尺
たんざく、たんじゃく
long, narrow card on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); strip of paper; thin rectangle
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一冊

いっさつ
one copy (e.g. book)
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小冊

しょうさつ
pamphlet; booklet