Help:Japanese book word glossary

This is a glossary of Japanese book-related words and their English equivalents. They are listed in Japanese gojūon order.

あいうえお

• 愛蔵版 (あいぞうばん, aizōban) – collector's edition
• イラスト (irasuto) – illustration; sometimes used to indicate the artist who did the illustrations; see also 絵 and 画;
• 絵 (え, e) – picture; often used to indicate the artist who did the illustrations; see also 画 and イラスト;

かきくけこ

• 硬表紙 (かたびょうし, katabyōshi) – hard cover; stiff cover (including semi-hard covers);
• カバーイラスト (kabā irasuto) – cover illustration; see also 表紙;
• 画 (が, ga) – picture; illustration; often used to indicate the artist who did the illustrations; see also 絵 and イラスト;
• 口絵 (くちえ, kuchie) – frontispiece;
• 原作者 (げんさくしゃ, gensakusha) – original creator; original author; often means "based on [the work of this] author; used to indicate someone who originally created the world or universe of a story, but does not indicate the author;
• 告知用 (こくちよう, kokuchiyō) – (used for) announcement; (used for) advertisement;
• 号 (ごう, gō) – number; issue;

さしすせそ

• 者 (しゃ, sha) – author;
• 外箱 (そとばこ, sotobako) – slipcase;
• 外函 (そとばこ, sotobako) – slipcase;

たちつてと

• 単行本 (たんこうぼん, tankōbon) – volume; single volume; standalone volume; sometimes used to indicate a hardcover edition;
• 著者 (ちょしゃ, chosha) – author;

はひふへほ

• 表紙 (ひょうし, hyōshi) – cover (of a book/magazine); often used to credit the cover artist in magazines;
• 文庫判 (ぶんこばん, bunkoban) – pocket-sized paperback;
• 文庫版 (ぶんこばん, bunkoban) – paperback edition;

まみむめも

• 漫画 (まんが, manga) – comics; Japanese comics;
• モノクローム (monokurōmu) – monochrome;