bibliophile

Japanese: bibliophile
bibliophile

...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 that mentions "bibliophile" is 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。…

※「bibliophile」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Bibliotheca

>>:  bibliomaniac

Recommend

Climate indicators

...In paleogeography, the area for which there is...

Deciduous tree - Rakuyoju

A tree that loses its leaves during the unsuitabl...

Hohberg, WHvon (English spelling) HohbergWHvon

...The duties of the father included the educatio...

Apostasy - Greek word apostasia

Abandoning one's previous faith, either volun...

Star ipomoea (English spelling) staripomoea

...In addition to the narrow-leaved hawkweed, oth...

Square core - Kakushin

…One or two horns grow on the nasal bone or somet...

George Steiner

British critic. Born in Paris to Austrian-Jewish ...

Torricelli - Evangelista Torricelli

Italian physicist and mathematician. Born in Faen...

Relief facility - Kyuugoshisetsu

A facility established for the purpose of housing ...

Red ant imitation - Red ant imitation

… Anthicus floralis is distributed widely through...

Clonic convulsions - Clonic convulsions

…It refers to an involuntary and sudden muscle co...

H/B - H/B

…On the other hand, since ship expenses are fixed...

Anser cygnoides (English spelling)

… [Yukio Taniguchi]. … *Some of the terminology t...

Oglethorpe, James Edward

Born: 22 December 1696, London [Died] July 1, 1785...

Efficiency (English spelling)

An index showing the technical effectiveness of p...