本ほん立たて

noun

bookends

Refers to a pair of bookends used to keep books upright on a shelf. Often used in the plural sense.

• 机つくえの上うえに本ほん立たてを置おいて、教きょう科か書しょを並ならべた。

  I put bookends on the desk and lined up the textbooks.

• この本ほん立たては重おもい本ほんでも倒たおれない。

  These bookends won't tip over even with heavy books.