Illustration: Inside a narrow neighborhood bookshop, shelves are packed with mismatched books whose softened corners, repaired bindings, and uneven page edges show previous use. At the counter, the proprietor examines a customer's stack of worn volumes and slides several coins toward them.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

古ふる本ほん屋や

furuhon'ya

secondhand bookstore

Example sentences

  1. この本ほんね、古本屋ふるほんやで見みつけたの。

    I found this book at a second-hand bookshop.

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  2. 昔むかしはよく古本屋ふるほんやめぐりをしてたなあ。

    I used to visit used bookstores all the time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 古本屋ふるほんやと古着屋ふるぎやをあさるのが好すきです。

    I like shopping in used-book stores and in used-clothing shops.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 古本屋

  • 古oldOnコKunふるい・ふる-
  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと
  • 屋roof; houseOnオクKunや

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