I personally love going to a book store. It is so relaxing browsing through the books or reading into one specific book you have already been wanting to read. Of course, some of them, you like them so much that you want to buy them to take them home with you. In Japan, there are many types of book stores. You will see some larger book stores, such as Barnes and Nobles here in the U.S; however, you also see much smaller book stores as well. There are also many used book stores that are often very small but yet have many books packed inside. They often sell used comic books.<\/p>\n
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Related to book stores, here are some of the useful Japanese vocabulary to know:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hon (\u672c\u3001\u307b\u3093)-books<\/p>\n Honya (\u672c\u5c4b\u3001\u307b\u3093\u3084)-book store<\/p>\n Manga (\u6f2b\u753b\u3001\u307e\u3093\u304c)-comic books, graphic novels<\/p>\n Zasshi (\u96d1\u8a8c\u3001\u3056\u3063\u3057)-magazine<\/p>\n Yousho (\u6d0b\u66f8\u3001\u3088\u3046\u3057\u3087) -foreign titles<\/p>\n Washo (\u548c\u66f8\u3001\u308f\u3057\u3087)-Japanese titles<\/p>\n Shinbun (\u65b0\u805e\u3001\u3057\u3093\u3076\u3093)-newspaper<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also, related to books, here is how we count books in Japanese.<\/strong><\/p>\n is satsu – 1 boook<\/p>\n ni satsu – 2 books<\/p>\n san satsu – 3 books<\/p>\n yon satsu – 4 books<\/p>\n go satsu – 5 books<\/p>\n roku satsu – 6 books<\/p>\n nana \u00a0satsu – 7 books<\/p>\n ha satsu – 8 book<\/p>\n kyu satsu – 9 books<\/p>\n jus satsu – 10 books<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Useful expressions at the book store.<\/strong><\/p>\n _________________________________________________<\/p>\n Zasshi wa dokoni arimasuka?<\/p>\n \u96d1\u8a8c\u306f\u3000\u3069\u3053\u306b\u3000\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\uff08\u3056\u3063\u3057\u3000\u306f\u3000\u3069\u3053\u306b\u3000\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\uff09<\/p>\n Where are the magazines?<\/p>\n __________________________________________________<\/p>\n Kono manga no 4(yon) kan wa arimasuka?<\/p>\n \u3053\u306e\u3000\u6f2b\u753b\u3000\u306e\u3000\uff14\u5dfb\u3000\u306f\u3000\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\u3000\uff08\u3053\u306e\u3000\u307e\u3093\u304c\u306e\u3000\u3088\u3093\u304b\u3093\u3000\u306f\u3000\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\uff09<\/p>\n Do you carry the #4 of this comic book?<\/p>\n ___________________________________________________<\/p>\n Kongetsu gou no ELLE no zasshi wa mou deteimasuka?<\/p>\n \uff25\uff2c\uff2c\uff25\u3000\u306e\u3000\u96d1\u8a8c\u306e\u3000\u4eca\u6708\u53f7\u3000\u306f\u3000\u3082\u3046\u3000\u51fa\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\uff08\uff25\uff2c\uff2c\uff25\u3000\u306e\u3000\u3056\u3063\u3057\u306e\u3000\u3053\u3093\u3052\u3064\u3054\u3046\u306f\u3000\u3082\u3046\u3067\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\uff09<\/p>\n Has this month’s ELLE already been out?<\/p>\n ___________________________________________________<\/p>\n Kinou no shinbun wa mada arimasuka?<\/p>\n \u6628\u65e5\u306e\u3000\u65b0\u805e\u3000\u306f\u3000\u307e\u3060\u3000\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\uff08\u304d\u306e\u3046\u306e\u3000\u3057\u3093\u3076\u3093\u306f\u3000\u307e\u3060\u3000\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\uff09<\/p>\n Do you still carry(have) yesterday’s \u00a0newspaper?<\/p>\n ____________________________________________________<\/p>\n Kono sansatsu kudasai.<\/p>\n \u3053\u306e\u3000\u4e09\u518a\u3000\u4e0b\u3055\u3044\u3002\u3000\uff08\u3053\u306e\u3000\u3055\u3093\u3055\u3064\u3000\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002\uff09<\/p>\n I will take these three books.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________<\/p>\n Kono go satsu de oikura desuka?<\/p>\n \u3053\u306e\u3000\u4e94\u518a\u3000\u3067\u3000\u304a\u3044\u304f\u3089\u3000\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f\u3000\uff08\u3053\u306e\u3054\u3055\u3064\u3067\u3000\u304a\u3044\u304f\u3089\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f\uff09<\/p>\n How much will it be for these 5 books?<\/p>\n _______________________________________________________<\/p>\n Hope you got to learn some useful expressions to use at the book store today. Let me know if you have any specific topic in mind!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I personally love going to a book store. It is so relaxing browsing through the books or reading into one specific book you have already been wanting to read. Of course, some of them, you like them so much that you want to buy them to take them home with you. In Japan, there are…<\/p>\n