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I searched google, jisho, and yahoo. I couldn't find a proper pronunciation
for 初商業誌.
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kanji readings compounds prefixes
How do I read 初商業誌?
It's read as はつしょうぎょうし.

You can never find it in dictionaries because it's actually three words:

  * 初【はつ】: first ([jisho.org](http://jisho.org/word/%E5%88%9D))
  * 商業誌【しょうぎょうし】: commercial book/magazine (often as opposed to [dōjinshi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Djinshi)) 
    * 商業【しょうぎょう】: commerce ([jisho.org](http://jisho.org/word/%E5%95%86%E6%A5%AD))
    * 誌【し】: (suffix) magazine ([jisho.org](http://jisho.org/word/%E8%AA%8C))

初商業誌 is typically used when a dōjin manga-ka makes a debut on a magazine
available in the commercial market.
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Just ask Google translate to detect the language, then hit 'Translate'. Google
translate can be pretty sucky from time to time so don't treat it as gospel,
but use it as a translation aid:

[https://translate.google.fr/?pli=1#auto/en/初商業誌](https://translate.google.fr/?pli=1#auto/en/%E5%88%9D%E5%95%86%E6%A5%AD%E8%AA%8C)

"The first commercial magazine"
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