“Tsundoku,” the Japanese Word for the New Books That Pile Up on Our Shelves, Should Enter the English Language

“Tsundoku,” the Japanese Word for the New Books That Pile Up on Our Shelves, Should Enter the English Language in Books, Literature | July 7th, 2024 1 Comment There are some words out there that are bril­liant­ly evoca­tive and at the same time impos­si­ble to ful­ly trans­late. Yid­dish has the word shli­ma­zl, which basi­cal­ly means a per­pet­u­al­ly unlucky per­son. Ger­man has the word Backpf

[okbc99]

積ん読は数年前どこかで話題になったような……このあたりか。

[dorayakikun]

電子版は、ツンドルかなぁ...

[deeeet]

“E-tsundoku? Tsunkindle?”

[hikabu]

積ん読

[kwms]

#英語

[ono_matope]

つんどきんどる

[oldfish]

積ん読の話

[p-baleine]

“ 積ん読”

[xrekkusu]

みてるなう

[porpor35]

これは面白い事例。電子書籍を「積ん読」したらどう言うの？というアイデアが地味にツボに入りました。

[skozawa]

積読

[yun2dot0]

英語に積ん読に当たる単語が無い、というのがちょいと意外だった。やはりこの問題は世界共通なのだなあ。/"Tsunkindle"はちょっと語呂が悪いなあ。

[ogijun]

もっと広めようぜ

[Flymetothemoon]

積ん読の語源って明治時代なのか。

[sho]

次は「積みゲー」も

[iori_o]

"I think it's high time that tsundoku enter the English language"/積ん読が世界を超える時が来た!!