隔 週 刊(かくしゅうかん)

かくしゅうかん

noun

biweekly publication; fortnightly issue

business

1. biweekly publication; fortnightly; published every other week

A publication schedule or format in which issues are released once every two weeks. Used as both a noun and a prenominal modifier to describe the frequency of magazines, newspapers, and other serial publications.

この雑誌(ざっし)は隔週刊(かくしゅうかん)で発行(はっこう)されている。

This magazine is published biweekly.

隔週刊(かくしゅうかん)の漫画雑誌(まんがざっし)を定期購読(ていきこうどく)している。

I have a subscription to a biweekly manga magazine.

この新聞(しんぶん)は以前(いぜん)は週刊(しゅうかん)だったが、経費削減(けいひさくげん)のため隔週刊(かくしゅうかん)に変更(へんこう)された。

This newspaper was previously weekly, but it was changed to biweekly to cut costs.

Composed of 隔週(かくしゅう) (every other week, biweekly) and 刊(かん) (publication, issue). Part of the ～刊(かん) publication frequency pattern.

Publication frequency pattern

日刊(にっかん): daily
週刊(しゅうかん): weekly
隔週刊(かくしゅうかん): biweekly (every two weeks)
月刊(げっかん): monthly
隔月刊(かくげつかん): bimonthly
季刊(きかん): quarterly

Common collocations

隔週刊(かくしゅうかん)誌(し): biweekly magazine
隔週刊(かくしゅうかん)で発行(はっこう)する: to publish biweekly

Similar words

週刊(しゅうかん): weekly — published once per week
月刊(げっかん): monthly — published once per month
隔月刊(かくげつかん): bimonthly — published once every two months

Related Words

Compare: 月刊(げっかん) (monthly)

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