図と書しょ館かん

also: ずしょかん

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

A building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for people to read, borrow, or refer to.

図と書しょ館かんで本ほんを借かりるto borrow a book at the library
図と書しょ館かんで本ほんを三さん冊さつ借かりた。
I borrowed three books from the library.
図と書しょ館かんに本ほんを返かえすto return a book to the library
借かりた本ほんを図と書しょ館かんに返かえした。
I returned the book I had borrowed to the library.
図と書しょ館かんで勉べん強きょうするto study at the library
試し験けん前まえはいつも図と書しょ館かんで勉べん強きょうする。
Before exams, I always study at the library.
図と書しょ館かんに行いくto go to the library
週しゅう末まつに図と書しょ館かんに行いくつもりだ。
I plan to go to the library on the weekend.

図と書しょ室しつN1
図書館 refers to a full-scale library building, while 図書室 is a smaller library room often found inside a school or office.
ライブラリー
図書館 is the standard, native Japanese word for a public library, while ライブラリー sounds more foreign and is often used for special or private collections.
文ぶん庫こN1
図書館 refers to a public or institutional library building, whereas 文庫 often implies a personal book collection or a publisher's curated series.
書しょ房ぼう
図書館 refers to a full-scale public library, while 書房 suggests a smaller, private, or old-fashioned collection of books.

書しょ店てんN2
図書館 is a place to borrow or read books for free, whereas 書店 is a shop where books are sold.
蔵ぞう書しょ
図書館 refers to the library building or institution itself, while 蔵書 refers to the collection of books it holds.

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From 図書 (としょ, 'books') + 館 (かん, 'building'). The reading ずしょかん is an older, now obsolete variant.