書物|しょもつshomotsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounbook; volume
   私わたしたちは、書物しょもつから楽たのしみを得えることができる。↗

   We can derive pleasure from books.

• Synonym書籍しょせきNeutralBooks as published products; common in business and statistics, as in 「書籍売り場」. More modern and formal than 「書物」.
• Synonym図書としょNeutralBooks as library or official-document vocabulary, as in 「図書館」 and 「図書カード」.
• SynonymブックNeutralA loanword for book, used mostly in compounds such as 「ブックカバー」 and 「ガイドブック」.
• Synonym本ほんNeutralWritten 「本」 and read 「もと」, it means origin or source, never a book; despite the shared kanji it is not a synonym of 「書物」.
• Related著作ちょさくNeutralBooks or works one has written; stresses the author's own creation, as in 「著作権」.
• Related読み物よみものNeutralReading matter, especially light, easy pieces, as in 「子供向けの読み物」.
• Related著述ちょじゅつWrittenA written/formal prose word for authoring books; the emphasis falls on the act of writing.
• Related書冊しょさつWrittenA written/formal prose word for books; almost never used in modern Japanese.
• Related書き物かきものNeutralWritten things such as documents, or the act of writing; not necessarily a bound book.
• Related書しょNeutralCalligraphy, books, or documents; mostly in compounds, as in 「書を嗜む」 and 「愛読書」.
• Relatedご本ごほんNeutralA polite or child-talk form of 「本」, used mostly when speaking to children.
• Related著作物ちょさくぶつFormalA formal legal term for created works — text, music, images and more — and for writings in general; 「書物」 means books only.

Everyday speech calls a book 「本」; 「書物」 is a slightly old-fashioned, literary way to say the same. Choose 「書籍」 for published books in commercial or statistical contexts, 「図書」 for library and official usage, 「著作」 for an author's works, and 「読み物」 for light, easy reading.

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1. 本ほんや巻物まきものなど、文字もじの記しるされているもの。