Illustration: On a sheltered apartment balcony, a young adult settles into a low chair with a substantial open book held comfortably in both hands. Their eyes follow the page and one finger lifts its corner to continue reading.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

読どく書しょ

dokusho

reading books

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの趣味しゅみは読書どくしょだ。

    My hobby is to read.

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  2. 読書どくしょが好すきです。

    I like reading books.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは読書どくしょに飽あきた。

    He got tired of reading.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 読書

  • 読readOnドク・トク・トウKunよむ
  • 書writeOnショKunかく

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