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book report; reading response essay
A written essay expressing one's thoughts and impressions about a book one has read. A standard school assignment in Japan, typically assigned as summer vacation homework.
夏休みの宿題で読書感想文を書く。
I'm writing a book report for summer vacation homework.
読書感想文のコンクールで入賞した。
I won a prize in the book report contest.
子供の頃、読書感想文が苦手で、いつも夏休みの最後まで後回しにしていた。
When I was a child, I was bad at book reports and always put them off until the end of summer vacation.
USAGE:
One of the most well-known school assignments in Japan. The 青少年読書感想文全国コンクール (National Youth Book Report Contest) is a major annual event. Many Japanese adults have strong memories (often negative) of struggling to write 読書感想文 during summer vacation.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 読書感想文を書く (write a book report)
- 読書感想文コンクール (book report contest)
- 読書感想文の課題図書 (assigned books for book reports)
COMPONENTS:
- 読書: reading
- 感想: impressions, thoughts
- 文: essay, writing