読書（どくしょ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: reading books
Example sentences
- 私の趣味は読書です。 — My hobby is reading.
- 秋の夜は読書に向いている。 — Autumn nights are good for reading.
Idioms & proverbs containing “読書”
- 読書百遍意自ずから通ず (どくしょひゃっぺんいおのずからつうず) — repeated reading makes the meaning clear; read a difficult book a hundred times
- 読書三昧 (どくしょざんまい) — being absorbed in reading
- 読書三到 (どくしょさんとう) — using mind, mouth and eyes to understand a book fully
- 読書三余 (どくしょさんよ) — winter, night, and rainy weather; the ideal conditions for reading
- 読書百遍 (どくしょひゃっぺん) — repeated reading (makes the meaning clear); reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning)
- 読書尚友 (どくしょしょうゆう) — by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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