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積ん読 [news1,nf07] ；積読；つん読
【つんどく [news1,nf07] 】

1.	[n,vs] ▶ buying books and not reading them ▶ stockpiling books ▶ tsundoku
2.	[n] ▶ books bought but not read

Conjugations

History:

12.	A 2023-06-26 15:06:01 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	That is not putting a case for the amendments. Reverting to the previous version.
	Diff:	@@ -23,2 +23 @@ -<pos>&vi;</pos> -<gloss>buying books without reading them</gloss> +<gloss>buying books and not reading them</gloss> @@ -26,0 +26,4 @@ +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>books bought but not read</gloss>
11.	A* 2023-06-25 13:23:44
	Comments:	Reason: it's an improvement?
10.	A* 2023-06-25 08:27:47 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	An edit like this needs to be accompanied by reasons for the changes.
9.	A* 2023-06-22 19:31:45
	Diff:	@@ -23 +23,2 @@ -<gloss>buying books and not reading them</gloss> +<pos>&vi;</pos> +<gloss>buying books without reading them</gloss> @@ -26,4 +26,0 @@ -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&n;</pos> -<gloss>books bought but not read</gloss>
8.	A 2020-05-09 02:45:01 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/do-i-own-too-many-books https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-that-are-us-the-art-of-tsundoku/article27375453.ece
	Comments:	I think it may have just got over the line in terms of being used in English.
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7.	A* 2020-05-08 23:59:24 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Isn't that just because it's considered an amusing word to non-Japanese speakers? I don't think "tsundoku" is actually used in English except to explain the meaning of it.
6.	A 2020-05-08 23:06:37 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5.	A* 2020-05-08 21:45:33 Opencooper
	Comments:	Romanization has currency.
	Diff:	@@ -24,0 +25 @@ +<gloss>tsundoku</gloss>
4.	A 2016-02-16 22:21:43 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	N-grams.
	Comments:	The counts show 積読 is in fact the most common form, but I am suspicious.
	Diff:	@@ -10,0 +11,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>つん読</keb>
3.	A* 2016-02-16 16:04:55
	Refs:	http://zokugo-dict.com/18tu/tundoku.htm
	Diff:	@@ -7,0 +8,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>積読</keb>
2.	A 2015-11-25 03:32:14 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Daijr, GG5, etc.
	Diff:	@@ -15,0 +16 @@ +<pos>&vs;</pos> @@ -16,0 +18 @@ +<gloss>stockpiling books</gloss> @@ -20 +22 @@ -<gloss>books you buy but don't read</gloss> +<gloss>books bought but not read</gloss>
1.	A* 2015-11-20 18:51:23 phil <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	http://www.tofugu.com/2015/10/15/tsundoku-japanese-word/ http://www.safaribooksonline.com/blog/2015/08/07/the-tsundoku-support-club/
	Comments:	I've run across the word as a noun to describe the books themselves, and not just the act of buying them (as at the referenced links).
	Diff:	@@ -17,0 +18,4 @@ +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>books you buy but don't read</gloss> +</sense>

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