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14 strokesFrequency 618JLPT N4Grade 2

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ドクトクトウ

Kun

よ.む-よ.み

Nanori

よみ

Dictionary

Common Words

読むTransitiveGodan verbFreq #312
1

to read

Examples
ミルトンの作品を読んだことがありますか。
Have you ever read Milton's works?
2

to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant

3

to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

Examples
彼女の心の動きを読むことさえできなかった。
I could not even make a guess at the working of her mind.
4

to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

5

to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)

Examples
私の頭は楽譜を読むようにはよく慣らされて居りますが、どうも暗号を読むには適しません。
My mind is quite accustomed to reading music, but deciphering secret codes is not its forte.
6

Now mostly used in idioms

to count; to estimate

7

Also written as 訓む

to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

読み取る読みとる読取るみとTransitiveGodan verbFreq #4856
1

to read and understand; to take in

Examples
言外の意味を読み取るならば、この手紙はお金の無心です。
If you read between the lines, this letter is a request for money.
2

to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind

3

to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code); to read (out)

読書くしょくしょNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #6317
1

reading (books)

Examples
読書の暇がない。
I have no leisure for reading.
読者くしゃNounFreq #6732
1

reader

Examples
あの本の読者たちは自分のことをインテリだと思っている。
The readers of that book think themselves sophisticated.
読みNounFreq #7349
1

reading

Examples
この厚い本は1週間では読み終えられない。
I cannot finish reading this thick book in a week.
2

Also written 訓み

reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading)

3

reading (e.g. of a situation); insight; judgment; interpretation; prediction; calculation

読み上げる読上げるみあげTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #7628
1

to read out; to read aloud; to call out

Examples
私は彼らに向かってそれを読み上げる以外に仕方がなかった。
I had no choice but to read it out to them.
2

to finish reading; to read through

空気を読むくうきをよむExpressionGodan verbFreq #11062
1

to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room

解読いどくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #12105
1

deciphering; decoding

Examples
私は解読プログラムを持っていません。
I don't have a decryption program.
心を読むこころを読むこころをよむExpressionGodan verbFreq #13624
1

Idiomatic expression; Usu. ~の...

to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

読み返す読みかえす読返すみかえすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #15070
1

to reread; to read again

Examples
彼女はその手紙を何度も何度も読み返した
She read the letter over and over again.

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