単行本(たんこうぼん)

たんこうぼん
noun
standalone book; collected volume (manga)
leisure
1. standalone book, single volume
A book published as a single, independent volume rather than as part of a series, magazine, or periodical. In manga culture, refers to the collected volumes that compile chapters originally serialized in magazines.
単行本(たんこうぼん)が出(で)た。
The collected volume came out.
この漫画(まんが)は単行本(たんこうぼん)で全(ぜん)20巻(かん)ある。
This manga has 20 collected volumes in total.
雑誌(ざっし)連載(れんさい)を読(よ)まずに単行本(たんこうぼん)が出(で)るまで待(ま)つ人(ひと)も多(おお)い。
Many people skip the magazine serialization and wait for the collected volume to come out.

Common collocations

  • 単行本(たんこうぼん)を買(か)う (buy a collected volume)
  • 単行本(たんこうぼん)が出(で)る (a volume comes out)
  • 単行本(たんこうぼん)化(か) (being compiled into a volume)

Usage

In everyday conversation, 単行本(たんこうぼん) most often refers to manga volumes — the tankoubon format that collects several magazine chapters into one book. In publishing more broadly, it refers to any book published as a standalone volume, as opposed to a 文庫本(ぶんこぼん) (paperback) or 雑誌(ざっし) (magazine). Often abbreviated informally as タンコ.

Related Words

Related: 漫画(まんが) (manga, comic)
Compare: 文庫本(ぶんこぼん) (paperback book, pocket-sized book)
Related: 文庫(ぶんこ) (paperback pocket edition)
Antonym: 合本(がっぽん) (combined volume)
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Added 2026.2.19 19:48 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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