書しょ物もつ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

A somewhat formal or literary term for a book, often implying a physical volume or a work of some substance. In everyday speech, 本 is more common.

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He collects rare books.

この書物しょもつはじゅは18世紀うはっせいきに書かかれた。

This book was written in the 18th century.

〈物もの〉を著あらわすto write/author a book
彼かれは歴れき史しに関かんする書しょ物もつを著あらわした。
He authored a book on history.
〈物もの〉に目めを通とおすto skim through a book
出しゅっ張ちょう前まえに何なん冊さつかの書しょ物もつに目めを通とおしておいた。
I skimmed through a few books before the business trip.
〈物もの〉を出しゅっ版ぱんするto publish a book
その書しょ物もつは明めい治じ時じ代だいに出しゅっ版ぱんされた。
That book was published during the Meiji era.

本ほんN5
本 is the everyday, neutral word for a book, while 書物 sounds more formal or literary and often emphasizes the book as a physical or scholarly work.
書しょ籍せきN2
書籍 is a formal term used mainly in commercial, library, or bureaucratic contexts to refer to books collectively, whereas 書物 tends to refer to individual volumes or works of substance.
図と書しょN3
図書 is a formal, institutional term for books (as in 図書館 'library'), while 書物 emphasizes the book itself as a literary or physical work.
書しょ
書物 is a formal, literary synonym for 書 meaning 'book', used mainly in writing rather than speech.

Compound of 書 (sho, 'writing') and 物 (motsu, 'thing'). The reading しょもつ is a regular on'yomi combination.