noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
buying books and not reading them; tsundoku
Refers to the habit or phenomenon of acquiring books and letting them pile up unread. Often used humorously or self-deprecatingly.
彼は積ん読が趣味だと言っている。
He says his hobby is buying books and not reading them.
また積ん読を増やしてしまった。
I've added to my tsundoku pile again.
noun
pile of unread books
The physical stack of books that have been bought but remain unread.
机の上の積ん読が崩れそうだ。
The pile of unread books on my desk is about to collapse.