図と書しょ館かん

also: ずしょかん

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun

library

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

週しゅう末まつはよく図と書しょ館かんで勉べん強きょうします。
I often study at the library on weekends.
この図と書しょ館かんは蔵ぞう書しょがとても多おおい。
This library has a very large collection of books.

Usage patterns

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.

Kanji

図map, drawing, plan
書write
館building, mansion, large building

Related words

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.

Don't confuse with

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.

Word family· 28

図と書しょ館かん学がく
library science
図と書しょ館かん版ばん
library edition
中ちゅう央おう図と書しょ館かん
main library; central library
公こう共きょう図と書しょ館かん
public library
公こう立りつ図と書しょ館かん
public library

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公こう開かい図と書しょ館かん
public library
写しゃ真しん図と書しょ館かん
photographic library; photo library
参さん考こう図と書しょ館かん
reference library
図と書しょ館かん資し料りょう
library materials
国こく立りつ図と書しょ館かん
national library

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Built from

図と書しょ+館かん

Written forms

図書館
- としょかん
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- ずしょかん
  out-dated reading
  Obsolete reading; not used in modern Japanese.
ずしょかん
out-dated reading

Etymology

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