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Computing

nondestructive read

Computing

document reader

subscription

unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room

unorthodox reading of kanji (in compounds)

historic customary reading of a kanji word

Idiomatic expression

to be read like an open book; to be seen through

Computing

machine-readable

Proverb

you can't do something if you don't know how to do it; you can't read a sutra (by heart) if you haven't learned it

Proverb

repeated reading makes the meaning clear; read a difficult book a hundred times

online preview (of a book, magazine, etc.)

Mahjong

prediction of another player's winning tile or yaku

Computing

human-readable

E.g. 天地 as テンチのあめつち

reading kanbun by pronouncing a word with its on reading followed by its kun reading

Colloquial

reading but not responding to a text message (in a chat application); leaving (someone) on read

Colloquial

ignoring a text message by leaving it unopened and marked as "unread" (in online chatting)

reading sentences with incorrect word divisions; misparsed reading

Card games

certified reader (comp. karuta); certified reciter

Card games

designated reader (comp. karuta); designated reciter; highest reader qualification

Organization name

Yomiuri Institute of Technology

Organization name

Japan Reading Association; JRA

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

A Calendar of Wisdom (book by Tolstoi)

Historical term

yomihon (type of popular literature from the late Edo period)

Historical term

third reading (of a bill in the Imperial Diet)