発売 (Hatsubai) is a Japanese noun meaning “sale, offering for sale, putting on sale, putting on the market”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
Examples
その新型車は五月に発売される。
The new car model will be brought to market in May.
あなたの本はいつ発売されるのですか。
When is your book coming out?
彼の自叙伝が今日発売され、午前中に完売した。
His autobiography was released today and was sold out by noon.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).