文庫

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★★★ 4/5 neutral ぶんこbunko
読み ぶんこ
ローマ字 bunko
漢字の分解 文 (bun/fumi) — text, writing, culture; 庫 (ko/kura) — storehouse, repository
発音 /bɯŋ.ko/

意味

Library; book collection; paperback edition. Refers to a repository of texts, a personal collection of books, or the standard pocket-sized paperback format in Japan.

The term carries multiple related meanings depending on context. Historically, a 文庫 was a storehouse (often fire-resistant) for storing books and documents — prestigious families and temples maintained them. In modern usage, 文庫 most commonly refers to the 文庫本 (bunkobon) paperback format (A6 size), associated with publishers such as Iwanami, Kadokawa, and Shinchosha. The format made literature widely accessible and affordable.

例文

  1. 駅の書店で文庫版を探したが、すでに在庫切れで取り寄せになった。
  2. 江戸時代から引き継がれてきた文庫には、国宝級の写本が眠っているという。
  3. 通勤電車の中で文庫本を読むのが、長年の習慣になっている。

使い方ガイド

場面: publishing, libraries, reading, bookselling, cultural heritage

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 文 (bun, text/writing/culture) and 庫 (ko, storehouse/treasury). The image of a storehouse dedicated to writings underlies both the historical and modern senses of the word.

文化的背景

時代: Edo–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General

関連フレーズ

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