Word Meaning 古本屋

ふるほんや furuhonya

古本屋 is read as ふるほんや (furuhonya) and means secondhand bookshop.

Meaning

English

  1. secondhand bookshop
  2. secondhand bookstore
  3. secondhand bookseller

Reading

Kana

ふるほんや

Romaji

furuhonya

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 24560 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

古本

ふるぼん

secondhand book

本屋

ほんや

main building

名古屋

なごや

Nagoya (city)

日本家屋

にほんかおく

Japanese-style house

古本市

ふるほんいち

secondhand book fair

古板本

こはんぼん

old woodblock-printed book from the Muromachi period or earlier

製本屋

せいほんや

bookbinder

中古日本語

ちゅうこにほんご

Early Middle Japanese

新古本

しんこぼん

remaindered book

名古屋女子大学

なごやじょしだいがく

Nagoya Women's University

名古屋外国語大学

なごやがいこくごだいがく

Nagoya University of Foreign Studies

名古屋文理大学

なごやぶんりだいがく

Nagoya Bunri University

Example Sentences

9

I found this book at a second-hand bookshop.

I came across this book in a secondhand bookstore.

I used to visit used bookstores all the time.

I found this book by chance in a secondhand bookstore.

I ran across a rare book in a secondhand bookstore.

A book I happened to come across at a secondhand bookstore has now become my favorite.

The other day, I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.

Tom carelessly sold the book which he had received as a birthday present from Mary to a second hand bookstore.

The other day, I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.