Meaning

Primary

Bookstore

Alternative

Bookshop

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A book shop is a shop that sells books. A bookstore.

Reading

ほんや
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings are the ones that you learned with the kanji.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 本屋ができる

    a bookstore is established

    本屋がある

    there is a bookstore

    本屋が売る

    a bookstore sells

Context Sentences

先日、友人と本屋に行きました。

The other day, I went to the bookstore with a friend.

三日前、本屋で有名な作家の本を買いました。

Three days ago, I bought a book by a famous writer at the bookstore.

私は新しい本を買うために、前の日から本屋の前でキャンプをしました。

I camped out in front of the bookstore a day early in order to buy a new book.

Kanji Composition