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.

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愛蔵版 (あいぞうばん, aizōban) – collector's edition
異世界 (いせかい, isekai) – alternate universe; parallel universe; alternate dimension; other world; alternate world;
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;
エスエフ (esuefu) – science fiction; sometimes also SF;

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;
幻想 (げんそう, gensō) – fantasy;
告知用 (こくちよう, kokuchiyō) – (used for) announcement; (used for) advertisement;
号 (ごう, gō) – number; issue;

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;

パラレルワールド or パラレル・ワールド – parallel world; parallel universe;
表紙 (ひょうし, hyōshi) – cover (of a book/magazine); often used to credit the cover artist in magazines;
ファンタジー (fantajī) – fantasy;
文庫判 (ぶんこばん, bunkoban) – pocket-sized paperback;
文庫版 (ぶんこばん, bunkoban) – paperback edition;
並行世界 (へいこうせかい, heikō sekai) – parallel world; parallel universe;