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    3. 積ん読

    積ん読

    積つん​読どく

    buying books and not reading them

    KMT5News #7+1Daily LifeLiteratureKanji Vocab31 strokes

    積読つん読

    つんどく

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    buying books and not reading them, stockpiling books, tsundoku

    Noun

    2.
    books bought but not read

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    彼かれは本ほんをたくさん買かうけれど、積つん読どくが多おおい。

    He buys a lot of books, but he has a lot of tsundoku.

    KMT4LiteratureDaily Life
    本ほん棚だなには積つん読どくの本ほんがあふれている。

    The bookshelf is overflowing with unread books.

    KMT5LiteratureDaily Life
    忙いそがしくてなかなか読よめないが、新あたらしい本ほんを買かうと積つん読どくが増ふえてしまう。

    I'm busy and can't read much, but buying new books just increases my tsundoku.

    KMT5LiteratureDaily Life
    積つん読どくを解かい消しょうするために、月つきに一いっ冊さつは必かならず読よむと決きめた。

    To resolve my tsundoku, I decided to definitely read at least one book a month.

    KMT6LiteratureDaily Life
    読どく書しょ好ずきにとって、積つん読どくは避さけられない習しゅう慣かんかもしれない。

    For book lovers, tsundoku might be an unavoidable habit.

    KMT6LiteratureDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    積
    つ.む・-づ.み・つ.もる・つ.もり…(6)
    volume・product (x*y)・acreage・contents・pile up…(3)
    Kanji
    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
    Kanji
    ん
    n
    Kana
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