noun:

• International Standard Book Number; ISBN

noun:

• illustrated reference book; illustrated catalog ➜ 図鑑

noun / ~する noun:

• complimentary copy of a book

noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover - abbreviation ➜ ジャケット買い【ジャケットがい】

noun:

• the Book of Filial Piety

noun / ~する noun:

• appreciating a book; perusal

noun:

• book club

noun:

• The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching ➜ 五経

noun:

• printed book

noun:

• agricultural book; book on agriculture

noun:

• Red Data Book (of endangered species)

noun:

• treasured book; secret book; pornographic book

noun:

• self-study guide or book

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being unable to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat [literal] - idiom - humorous term

adverbial noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

noun:

• rice-ration book

noun:

• each book (volume or copy)

noun:

• harmful book

noun:

• printed book

noun:

• book on military science

noun:

• book detection system

noun:

• folding book

suffix / counter:

• counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori)
• counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.
• counter for pairs of curtains
• counter for tatami mats ➜ 畳【じょう】

noun:

• chit book; delivery book

noun:

• philosophy book