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    3. 購読

    購読

    購こう読どく

    buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.)

    N1KMT8News #17+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, ParticleDaily LifeKanji Vocab31 strokes

    こうどく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Particle

    1.
    buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.), subscribing (incl. free subscriptions), taking (e.g. newspaper)

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    毎まい日にち新しん聞ぶんを購こう読どくしている。

    I subscribe to a daily newspaper.

    KMT7Daily Life
    彼かれは専せん門もん誌しを何なん冊さつか購こう読どくしている。

    He subscribes to several professional journals.

    KMT8Daily LifeEducation
    子こ供ども向むけの雑ざっ誌しを購こう読どくして、毎まい月つき届とどくのを楽たのしみにしている。

    I subscribe to a children's magazine and look forward to its arrival every month.

    KMT8Daily LifeEducation
    多おおくの人ひとが電でん子し書しょ籍せきの購こう読どくサービスを利り用ようしている。

    Many people use e-book subscription services.

    KMT8Daily LifeTechnology
    このオンラインニュースレターは無む料りょうで購こう読どくできる。

    This online newsletter can be subscribed to for free.

    KMT9Internet & Social MediaDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    購
    subscription・buy
    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
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