古書店(こしょてん)

こしょてん
noun
used bookstore; antiquarian bookshop
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1. used bookstore; secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
A store that sells used, secondhand, or rare and antique books. More formal and literary than the everyday term.
古書店(こしょてん)で珍(めずら)しい本(ほん)を見(み)つけた。
I found a rare book at a used bookstore.
神保町(じんぼうちょう)には多(おお)くの古書店(こしょてん)が並(なら)んでいる。
Many used bookstores line the streets of Jinbocho.
週末(しゅうまつ)は古書店(こしょてん)をめぐって、絶版(ぜっぱん)になった小説(しょうせつ)を探(さが)すのが趣味(しゅみ)だ。
My hobby is visiting used bookstores on weekends to look for out-of-print novels.

A more formal or literary term for a used bookstore. 神保町(じんぼうちょう) in Tokyo is famous as Japan's largest district of 古書店(こしょてん).

Common collocations

  • 古書店(こしょてん)をめぐる — to visit used bookstores
  • 古書店(こしょてん)街(がい) — used bookstore district
  • 古書店(こしょてん)で買(か)う — to buy at a used bookstore

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Compare: 古本屋(ふるほんや) (used bookstore)
Compare: 本屋(ほんや) (bookstore)
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