Meaning of 古本屋 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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古本屋
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Kana Readingふるほんや
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Romajifuruhon'ya
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- second hand bookstore (bookshop)
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Example Sentences
古本屋, ふるほんや used in context
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He chanced on a rare book at a second-hand bookstore.
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先日、学校からの帰りに古本屋に立ち寄ったところ、前々から探していた本を偶然見つけた。
The other day I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.
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I ran across a rare book in a secondhand bookstore.
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I found this book by chance in a secondhand bookstore.
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I like shopping in used-book stores and in used-clothing shops.
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I came across this book in a secondhand bookstore.
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Kanji found in this word
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
On: ホン
Kun: もと
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