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There are many great foreign words without English equivalent that people want to exist in our own language. All who have already been loved know what it's like to experience "Iktsuarpok", an Inuit word describing the feeling of anticipation out of breath when you wait for someone to appear at home and you Continue checking the window to see if they "is still here. AndAnyone who has already seen a super cute dog Feel "Gigil," a philippine word describing the irresistible desire to squeeze something really adorable. Food gerres could certainly use "Shemomedjamo", a georgian word that literally means: "I accidentally eaten everything."

But lovers of literature who, like me, tend to continue spending sections on Amazon, resulting in shelves filled with books that they are not crowned to read, can especially enjoy the Japanese word "tsundoku" - The book act and then let them accumulate in your non-read house.

The term is native to Japanese slang in the era of Meiji (1868-1912) and combines 積ん でTsunde-Oku (To stack things ready for later and leave) and 「読書dokusho (read books). It can also refer to books on your shelf which, like mine, hopefully to be consumed.

After all, there is some thrill to see all the possibilities of future knowledge and adventure carefully stacked in front of you. As a US author, publisher and book collectorAlfred Edward Newton said once, "Even when reading is impossible, the presence of acquired books produces such an ecstasy that the purchase of more books than others that one can read is nothing less than the soul that reached the Infinite ... We cherish books even in case of not bound, their simple presence exsure comfort, their reassurance of ready-to-use access. "

For another Japanese word that we constantly use, although the wrong pronunciation, checkThis is the most distorted word in the world.

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