古本屋

Reading

Kana: ふるほんや
Romaji: furuhon'ya
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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second hand bookstore (bookshop)

Kanji

Readings: コ、 ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
Meaning: old
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: オク、 や
Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

Example Sentences

ぼくはこの(ほん)古本屋(ふるほんや)()つけた。
➥I came across this book in a secondhand bookstore.
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古本屋(ふるほんや)古着屋(ふるぎや)をあさるのが()きです。
➥I like shopping in used-book stores and in used-clothing shops.
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(わたし)古本屋(ふるほんや)偶然(ぐうぜん)(めずら)しい(ほん)()つけた。
➥I ran across a rare book in a secondhand bookstore.
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(わたし)はこの(ほん)古本屋(ふるほんや)偶然(ぐうぜん)()つけた。
➥I found this book by chance in a secondhand bookstore.
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(かれ)古本屋(ふるほんや)偶然(ぐうぜん)(めずら)しい(ほん)()つけた。
➥He chanced on a rare book at a second-hand bookstore.
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先日(せんじつ)学校(がっこう)からの(かえ)りに古本屋(ふるほんや)(たよ)()ったところ、前々(まえまえ)から(さが)していた(ほん)偶然(ぐうぜん)()つけた。
➥The other day I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.
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