読み耽る

よみふける
to be absorbed in reading

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よみふける【読み耽る】

be absorbed in reading.

¶待っている間， 彼は本を読みふけった

While he was waiting， he occupied himself by reading a book.

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よみふける【読み耽る】

be absorbed [engrossed] in reading; get lost in 《magazines》; be immersed [buried] in 《books》; steep oneself in 《a book》; pore over 《a book》; be devoted to reading.

●彼はいつも書物に読み耽っている. He always has his nose in a book.