古本屋

ふるほんや

Meanings

1. Noun secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

Kanji

• 古 old. Read as ふる.
• 本 origin. Read as ホン.
• 屋 shop. Read as や.

Example sentences

• ぼくはこの本を古本屋で見つけた。
  I came across this book in a secondhand bookstore.
• 古本屋と古着屋をあさるのが好きです。
  I like shopping in used-book stores and in used-clothing shops.
• 私はこの本を古本屋で偶然見つけた。
  I found this book by chance in a secondhand bookstore.
• 私は古本屋で偶然珍しい本を見つけた。
  I ran across a rare book in a secondhand bookstore.
• 先日、学校からの帰りに古本屋に立ち寄ったところ、前々から探していた本を偶然見つけた。
  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.

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