🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

購読する

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kodoku suru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Subscribe/səbˈskraɪb/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"この新聞を毎日購読しています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To arrange to receive something, typically a publication, service, or digital content, regularly by paying in advance.

    "Many users choose to subscribe to the streaming service for ad-free music."
  2. 2

    To express agreement or give support to an opinion, belief, or theory.

    "I do not subscribe to the view that working long hours guarantees success."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'subscribere', meaning 'to write underneath' (from 'sub-' meaning 'beneath' plus 'scribere' meaning 'to write'). Historically, it referred to signing one's name at the bottom of a document to express agreement or consent, evolving in modern times to denote signing up for regular publications, services, or digital content.

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