Used bookstore - Furuhonya

Japanese: 古本屋 - ふるほんや
Used bookstore - Furuhonya
〘 noun 〙① A shop that buys and sells used books. A house that sells used books. Also, the person who does so. A used bookseller. ※Zappai, Kaeki Kyogen (1702) "A used bookshop that is too close to buy" ② In the Edo period, a bookshop that specialized in reprinting books. ※Haiku, Tobiume Senku (1679) Fu Nan Mugi Haikai "I have already remembered that I have been honest with the upper and lower classes seven times (benevolence) A used bookshop is a man of business merit (Nishizato)"

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Japanese:
〘名〙① 古本を売買する店。古本を商う家。また、その人。古書籍商。※雑俳・替狂言(1702)「買ねども近付になる古本屋」② 江戸時代、再板専門の本屋。※俳諧・飛梅千句(1679)賦何麦俳諧「はや上下正に七度と覚たり〈仁交〉 古本屋には商ひ功者〈西里〉」

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