Book lover - Aishoka

Japanese: 愛書家 - あいしょか
Book lover - Aishoka

...People who have this hobby are called bibliophiles, and when it reaches an extreme level, they are called bibliomania, and people who are obsessed with it are called bibliomaniacs, which are translated as book-lovers or book-lovers. Readers and book lovers do not necessarily overlap.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "booklover" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この趣味の持主を愛書家bibliophileと呼び,それが極端に高じた状態をbibliomania,それに取り憑(つ)かれた人間をbibliomaniacといい,愛書狂,書痴などと訳される。読書家と愛書家とは必ずしも重ならない。…

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