"積ん読" meaning in Japanese

See 積ん読 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [t͡sɨ̃ndo̞kɯ̟] Forms: 積ん読 [canonical] (ruby: 積(つ), 読(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 Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-積ん読-ja-noun-Nq~~-fAb Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55
  2. (informal) a pile of books that are bought but left unread; piles of unread books stacked up; books purchased but not read Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-積ん読-ja-noun-6hdnenpW Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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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          "english": "Sure, he enjoys buying books, but there's a big pile of them in his room, left unread.",
          "roman": "Kare wa hon o kau koto ga suki de, heya ni wa tsundoku no hon ga yama no yō ni tsumareteiru.",
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