"積ん読" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [t͡sɨ̃ndo̞kɯ̟] Forms: 積ん読 [canonical] (ruby: (), (どく)), tsundoku [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 積む (tsumu, “to pile up”) + 読 (doku, “to read, reading”, on'yomi), punning on 積んどく (tsundoku), contraction of 積んでおく (tsunde oku, “to leave piled up”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|積む|読|pos2=on'yomi|sort=つんどく|t1=to pile up|t2=to read, reading|tr1=tsumu|tr2=doku}} 積む (tsumu, “to pile up”) + 読 (doku, “to read, reading”, on'yomi), {{lang|ja|積んどく}} 積んどく Head templates: {{ja-noun|つんどく}} 積(つ)ん読(どく) • (tsundoku)
  1. (informal) the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up together with other such unread books Wikipedia link: Daijirin Tags: informal Coordinate_terms: 既読 (kidoku) (ruby: 既読(きどく)) (english: already read), 未読 (midoku) (ruby: 未読(みどく)) (english: not yet read)
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