Meaning
洋書 (ようしょ, yousho) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “foreign book”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 8
私はよく洋書を購入します
I often buy foreign books.
その店では洋書が売られている。
Foreign books are sold at the shop.
あの書店では洋書の取り次ぎをしてくれる.
That bookstore will order foreign books for you.
彼は和書は言うまでもなく洋書も読んでいる。
He reads foreign books, not to mention Japanese ones.
私は二冊以上の洋書を読むことを目標にしています。
My goal is to read 2 or more Western books.
オランダ博物学に関心を持ち、洋書の入手に専念する。
He became interested in Dutch natural history, and devoted himself to the procurement of foreign books.
彼は、日本では手に入らないような洋書を持っています。
He has foreign books of a kind you can't find in Japan.
幕末には編暦以外にも天文や測量、地誌、洋書翻訳なども取り仕切った。
In addition to the job of making a calendar, Tenmonkata was also in charge of astronomy, surveying, topography and the translation of western books during the last stage of Edo period.