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書物 (しょもつ): books — Japanese vocabulary

書物 is read しょもつ and means "books". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

書物

Reading
しょもつ · shomotsu
Translation
books
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しょもつが

Example

昔、書物はすべて手で書き写された。

むかし、しょもつはすべててでかきうつされた。

In early times all books were copied by hand.

Kanji in this word

  • 書 — write, book
  • 物 — thing, object

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