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Tsundoku 積ん読

Buying books and not reading them

/ tsoon-DOH-koo /

Japanese
#lifestyle #books

The act of acquiring reading materials and letting them pile up without reading them. A common affliction among book lovers.

Posted by linguaphile · 1 week, 5 days ago
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wordsmith 1 week, 5 days ago

The pronunciation guide is so helpful, thank you!

linguaphile 1 week, 5 days ago

Shared this with my book club. We had a whole discussion about it!

jdoe 1 week, 5 days ago

Adding this to my vocabulary immediately.

darren 1 week, 5 days ago

This describes my entire personality.