Tsundoku
Tsundoku ( Japanese 積 ん 読 ) paraphrases that one acquires reading , which then piles up at home without being read.
The term originated in the Meiji era (1868-1912) as Japanese slang. It combines elements of the terms Tsunde-Oku ( Japanese 積 ん で お く , piling things up and leaving them for later) and Dokusho ( Japanese 読 書 , reading books), where the characters for "stack" ( Japanese 積 ) and the character for " Reading "( Japanese 読 ) used to denote tsundoku . However, the term is also used to refer to books that are intended to be read later when they are on a bookshelf.
There are suggestions for including the word in the English language and in dictionaries such as the Collins Dictionary.
American author and bibliophile A. Edward Newton commented on a similar condition.
Individual evidence
- ↑ There's A Japanese Word For People Who Buy More Books Than They Can Actually Read , The Huffington Post. March 19, 2017. Accessed October 16, 2017.
- ↑ Are you a book hoarder? There's a word for that. , Los Angeles Times. July 24, 2014. Accessed October 16, 2017.
- ↑ Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them . In: BBC News . Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ↑ a b “Tsundoku,” the Japanese Word for the New Books That Pile Up on Our Shelves, Should Enter the English Language , Open Culture. July 24, 2014. Accessed October 16, 2017.
- ^ Steve Dodson: A Quote on Bibliomania .