@cypnk Had to look up the etymology:

> It combines elements of 「積んでおく」 tsunde-oku (to pile things up ready for later and leave) and 「読書」 dokusho (reading books).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku

Just the existence of 積んでおく as an idiomatic concept is pretty cool in itself.

@notclacke Japanese is a great language for poetry. Stacking roots can give deeper meaning than the word itself

@cypnk To be fair, every language that allows composite words does that.

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@valerauko @cypnk Ok, so it just means "leave"? Is it some kind of derivative of 行く?

@notclacke no, it's 置く in the sense of doing something in preparation

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“I have a book on tsundoku, never finished it tho”

@cypnk I wonder if the same word could be applied to video games, or if a separate one already exists (looking at you, steam library)

@Tak Oh, I’m sure there’s a word for that too *cough*

(This isn’t mine BTW)

@cypnk the bottom could be filled with books, that probably wouldn't be visible from your webcam

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