発売

はつばい · hatsubai · JLPT N2 · noun

sale

🏷️ 発 (launch) + 売 (sell) = launch a product to sell it = release for sale

発 means start or emit, and 売 means sell. Together they describe a product being launched onto the market, so 発売 is used for new releases. The general word for selling is 販売.

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