There's A Japanese Word For People Who Buy More Books Than They Can Actually Read

 


The desire to buy more books than you can physically read in one human lifetime is actually so universal, there’s a specific word for it: tsundoku. Defined as the stockpiling of books that will never be consumed, the term is a Japanese portmanteau of sorts, combining the words “tsunde” (meaning “to stack things”) and “oku” (meaning “to leave for a while”). 

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There's A Japanese Word For People Who Buy More Books Than They Can Actually Read