Word details
読む
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 読む.
Dictionary
Entry
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
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
読
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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