Tsundoku

Japanese: the act of buying books and never reading them.

Family Untranslatable
Valence neutral
Arousal low activation
Intensity Gentle

Japanese: the act of buying books and never reading them. The body holds this signal first, often before the mind has named what is happening. Tsundoku is a Japanese term that captures something many languages do not have a single word for.

Where tsundoku lives in the body

Head
Lightness
Quiet

Related emotions

GuiltSelf-conscious familyCuriosityAnticipation familyCravingsNegative family
A note on this entry: The data on this page (definition, body sensations, valence, arousal, related emotions) reflects a structured reference for tsundoku. A full long-form entry is being added gradually. If you have research, a translation, or a body-mapping correction to suggest, please get in touch.