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読書人 (どくしょじん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

読どく書しょ人じん

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Meanings

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noun

avid reader; book lover

Refers to a person who reads a lot and loves books; somewhat literary or formal in tone.

彼かれは子こ供どもの頃ころから読どく書しょ人じんで、毎まい週しゅう図と書しょ館かんに通かよっている。
He has been an avid reader since childhood and goes to the library every week.

Kanji

読read
書write
人person

Similar words

読どく書しょ家か
読書家 is a more common and neutral term for a person who reads a lot. 読書人 sounds slightly more literary or old-fashioned.

Etymology

Compound of 読書 (reading books) and 人 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Meiji period to describe a person devoted to reading.