Meanings
Readings
Common Words
to read
to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
Now mostly used in idioms
to count; to estimate
Also written as 訓む
to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
to read and understand; to take in
to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind
to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code); to read (out)
reading (books)
reader
reading
Also written 訓み
reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading)
reading (e.g. of a situation); insight; judgment; interpretation; prediction; calculation
to read out; to read aloud; to call out
to finish reading; to read through
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
deciphering; decoding
Idiomatic expression; Usu. ~の...
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to reread; to read again
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