Word details

盗み読み

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 盗み読み.

Dictionary

Entry

盗み読みすみよみNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #108589
1

reading (someone else's letter, diary, etc.) surreptitiously; reading secretly

2

reading over someone's shoulder

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

steal, rob, pilfer

11 strokesFrequency 1,051JLPT N2Grade 8

On

トウ

Kun

ぬす.むぬす.み

read

14 strokesFrequency 618JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ドクトクトウ

Kun

よ.む-よ.み

Nanori

よみ

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