I plead guilty to having committed tsundoku*. It wasn’t premeditated, however, so I’m hoping for a lesser sentence (and yes, I’m frequently guilty of committing the latter as well).
* Tsundoku is a Japanese word that has no direct synonym in English. It means, ‘the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piling it up together with other such unread books.’ This may be similar to being buried under a pile of unread books, which is every book lover’s reality.
I have a lot of gifted books that have been left unread. Is this the same thing? I'm guessing there is a different word for that.
ReplyDeleteI have, then, committed Tsundoku also.
ReplyDeleteYou have such a useful vocabulary!
ReplyDeleteGuilty as charged. I love this word.
ReplyDeleteHere's to all the lesser sentences we've willingly committed to print!
ReplyDeleteI love untranslatable words.
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