How to say "tome" in Japanese

• 大著たいちょCommon
  nounCovers 'tome' in its physical sense: a voluminous work, a bulky volume. It is the common word when the point is sheer size and weight — a thick, heavy book.
• 学術書がくじゅつしょ
  nounMatches 'tome' through its scholarly sense: an academic, learned book. It is about content, not physical bulk, so for a merely big, heavy book it is not the word you want.

Choose 大著, the common word, when 'tome' means a big, thick, heavy book; choose the less common 学術書 when the emphasis is scholarly content — an academic or learned work — rather than physical size.

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• 大著たいちょvoluminous work
• 学術書がくじゅつしょacademic book