週刊誌(しゅうかんし)

しゅうかんし
noun
weekly magazine
media
1. weekly magazine, weekly publication
A magazine published once a week. Japan has a large weekly magazine industry covering news, entertainment, gossip, and manga.
週刊誌(しゅうかんし)を読(よ)む。
To read a weekly magazine.
駅(えき)で週刊誌(しゅうかんし)を買(か)って電車(でんしゃ)の中(なか)で読(よ)んだ。
I bought a weekly magazine at the station and read it on the train.
その事件(じけん)は週刊誌(しゅうかんし)に大(おお)きく取(と)り上(あ)げられて、話題(わだい)になった。
The incident was widely covered by weekly magazines and became a hot topic.

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Cultural note

Weekly magazines are a major part of Japanese media. They range from news-oriented publications to entertainment and manga anthologies. They are commonly sold at train station kiosks and convenience stores.

Watch out: Magazines take 誌(し) and newspapers take 紙(し): 週刊誌(しゅうかんし) but 日刊紙(にっかんし). Said without qualification, 週刊誌(しゅうかんし) usually suggests the gossip and scandal weeklies, as in 週刊誌(しゅうかんし)に書(か)かれる (to be written up by the tabloids).

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Related: 月刊誌(げっかんし) (monthly magazine)
Related: 季刊誌(きかんし) (quarterly magazine)
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