noun
perfect binding; unsewn binding
A bookbinding method where pages are glued together at the spine without sewing. Common in paperback books and magazines.
この文庫本は無線綴じで製本されている。
This paperback is bound using perfect binding.
無線綴じはページを接着剤で固める製本方法です。
Perfect binding is a bookbinding method that secures pages with adhesive.
Saddle stitching, where pages are stapled along the fold. Used for thin booklets and magazines, unlike the glued spine of 無線綴じ.
Compound of 無線 (musen, 'wireless' or 'without thread') and 綴じ (toji, 'binding'), literally 'threadless binding'. The term reflects the absence of sewing thread in the binding process.