The Japanese word for reading is
読書
どくしょ - dokusyo読-to read (doku), 書-document (sho)
Pronunciation
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Example Sentences
| こういう練習や読書のための私の時間は、夜、仕事の後、朝、仕事が始まる前、日曜である。 | My time for these exercise and reading was at night, after work or before it began in the morning, or on Sundays. |
| このごろは読書する時間がほとんどない。 | I have little time for reading these days. |
| このごろは読書する時間が少しはある。 | I have a little time for reading these days. |
| ずっと読書に没頭していた。 | I have been occupied in reading books. |
| パジャマ姿のブライアンが、午前中家で読書している。 | Brian, in his pajamas, is engaged in reading in the house in the morning. |
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