古本屋
Meanings
1
secondhand bookshop; used bookstore
Refers to a shop that sells used books. Can also refer to the bookseller themselves in context.
I found a rare novel at the secondhand bookshop in front of the station.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉の古本屋で〈物〉を買うto buy something at a secondhand bookshop in a place
I bought an old dictionary at a secondhand bookshop in Jimbocho.
- 古本屋に〈物〉を売るto sell something to a secondhand bookshop
I sold the books I had finished reading to a secondhand bookshop.
- 古本屋を巡るto go around visiting secondhand bookshops
My hobby is going around secondhand bookshops on my days off.