活かつ字じ中ちゅう毒どく

noun

addiction to reading; reading addict; obsessive reader

A playful or self-deprecating term for someone who reads compulsively, often used in casual contexts. Can refer to the condition or the person.

• 彼かれは活かつ字じ中ちゅう毒どくで、通つう勤きん中ちゅうもずっと本ほんを読よんでいる。

  He's a reading addict; he reads books even during his commute.

• 活かつ字じ中ちゅう毒どくの私わたしは、本ほん屋やに入はいると何なん時じ間かんでも過すごしてしまう。

  As an obsessive reader, I end up spending hours in bookstores.