[だいがく, daigaku] (n) (1) (See 総合大学) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; (2) (abbr) (See 大学寮, 国学・こくがく・2) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); (3) (See 四書) the Great Learning - one of the Four Books; (P) #195
[ぶんけん, bunken] (n) literature; books (reference); document; (P) #480
[おび(P);たらし(ok), obi (P); tarashi (ok)] (n) (1) obi; kimono sash; (2) (おび only) (See 帯紙) paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; (P) #1377
[そうさ, sousa] (n) (1) operation; management; processing; (2) manipulating to one's benefit; (vs) (3) to operate; (4) to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books); (P) #1644
[しょぼう, shobou] (n) library; bookstore; bookshop; (P) #1819
[komikku] (adj-na, n) comic books; comics; (P) #1829
[しょてん, shoten] (n) bookshop; bookstore; (P) #2540
[さつ, satsu] (ctr) (1) counter for books; (n) (2) (obsc) volume; (P) #3474
[としょ, tosho] (n) books; (P) #3694
[かきかた, kakikata] (n) (1) way of writing; manner of writing; (2) penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; (3) format (e.g. of a report); (4) stroke order of a character; (P) #5771
[じょう, jou] (n) (1) folding book; (suf, ctr) (2) counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); (3) counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; (4) counter for pairs of curtains; (5) (See 畳・じょう) counter for tatami mats #6818
[はん(P);ばん, han (P); ban] (n) (1) (はん only) seal; stamp; monogram signature; (2) (はん only) judgment; judgement; (n, n-suf) (3) (See 判型) size (of paper or books); (P) #7077
[しょもつ, shomotsu] (n) books; (P) #8900
[せんしょ, sensho] (n) anthology; selection of books #10337
[きょうてん;けいてん, kyouten ; keiten] (n) sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible #16493
[ほんや, honya] (n) (1) bookstore; bookshop; (2) publisher; (3) main building; (P) #16638
[キリシタンばん, kirishitan ban] (n) books printed in Japan by the Jesuits (1590-1612)
[ko-dobukkusu] (n) code-books
[コリントしょ, korinto sho] (n) (obsc) (See コリント人への手紙) Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible)
[コリントじんへのてがみ, korinto jinhenotegami] (n) Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible)
[zerozerosebun] (n) 007 (James Bond's code in the books and films); double-oh-seven
[paburisshingu] (n) publishing (of books, magazines, etc.)
[ピリオドをうつ, piriodo woutsu] (exp, v5t) (See 終止符を打つ) put an end (to); close the books (on)
[furaingugetto ; furaggugetto] (n, vs) obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale (wasei
[furage] (n, vs) (abbr) (See フライングゲット) obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale (wasei
[bukkusuto-] (n) bookstore
[buru-bakkusu] (n) Blue Backs (series of books on the natural sciences published since 1963 by Kodansha)
[heddoban] (n) (See 花布) flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books (wasei
[モーセのごしょ, mo-se nogosho] (n) (obsc) (See モーセ五書) Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses)
[モーセごしょ, mo-se gosho] (n) (See 律法) Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses)
[あいしょ, aisho] (n) (1) great love of books; (2) favorite book (favourite)
[ためがき, tamegaki] (n) dedication (e.g. in books); inscription
[なんさつか, nansatsuka] (exp) several flat objects (e.g. books, sheets of paper, etc.)
[はなぎれ, hanagire] (n) flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books
[えぞうしや, ezoushiya] (n) shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.
[がいしょ, gaisho] (n) (1) foreign book; foreign books; (2) { Buddh } non-Buddhist writings
[かつじばなれ, katsujibanare] (n, adj-no) aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
[かんぽん, kanpon] (n) complete set (of books)
[かんぎゅうじゅうとう, kangyuujuutou] (n) (having, there being) a great number of books
[かんせき, kanseki] (n) Chinese books; Chinese classics
[まるぼん;まるほん, marubon ; maruhon] (n) reciter's book; complete set of books
[きのくにや, kinokuniya] (n) Kinokuniya; large bookstore with big foreign book section (main branch, Shinjuku)
[きょうしょ, kyousho] (n) possession of books
[きょうかしょもんだい, kyoukashomondai] (n) controversy over school textbooks (i.e. history texts avoiding reference to Japanese military, etc. acts)
[ぐんしょ, gunsho] (n) many books; many writings
[けいてん, keiten] (n) criminal law books
[けっかん, kekkan] (n) missing volume (e.g. of a set of books)
[げんばん;げんぱん, genban ; genpan] (n) typesetting plates (books); mold; mould; pressing plates (records); original edition
[こしょてん, koshoten] (n) exhibition of rare (old, antiquarian) books
[こしょてん, koshoten] (n) antiquarian bookshop; store for rare and old books