Dictionary/季刊きかんKikanJLPT N1季刊 (Kikan) is a Japanese noun meaning “quarterly publication”.Meaningsnoun, adjectival nounquarterly publicationKanji in 季刊季seasons刊publishRelated words季節season週刊誌weekly (publication)週刊weekly publication四季the four seasons月刊monthly publication朝刊morning edition (of a daily newspaper)夕刊evening edition (of a daily newspaper)創刊foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.)新刊new book刊行publication季語seasonal word (in haiku)冬季winter season