Illustration: Inside a neighborhood bookshop, a customer stands close to a shelf, absorbed in an open illustrated book taken from the gap directly beside his elbow. His shopping tote hangs empty at his side, and his wallet remains tucked away.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

立たち読よみ

tachiyomi

browsing books without buying them

Example sentences

  1. 駅前えきまえの本屋ほんやで、新あたらしい雑誌ざっしを立たち読よみした。

    I browsed a new magazine at the bookstore by the station.

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  2. 友達ともだちを待まつ間あいだ、本屋ほんやで漫画まんがを立たち読よみしていた。

    I was browsing comics at the bookstore while waiting for a friend.

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  3. 休やすみの日ひは、よく本屋ほんやで立たち読よみする。

    I often browse books at the bookstore on my days off.

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Kanji in 立読

  • 立stand; riseOnリツ・リュウ・リットルKunたつ・たち-・たてる
  • 読readOnドク・トク・トウKunよむ

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