# Video version of Tsundoku

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**Created:** [February 25, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-version-of-tsundoku/848480 "2020-02-25T10:40:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Deflagration](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-version-of-tsundoku/848480/1 "2020-02-25T10:40:44Z")

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As I understand it: Tsundoku is the Japanese word describing piling up books to save for later … even if you’ll never actually read them.

From _Doku_ a verb that can be used for “reading,” while _tsun_ “to pile up.”

What is the “To Watch” version of this?

IE. The piling up of more videos than you could possibly watch.

I’m not talking of the video equivalent of Bibliomania since Bibliomania describes the intention to create a book collection, Tsundoku describes the intention to read books and their eventual, accidental collection.

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**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-version-of-tsundoku/848480/2 "2020-02-25T10:57:04Z")

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Toritame（録り溜め）  
To record and accumulate.