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読む

よむ

Readings

よむ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5m, vtto read
  2. 2.
    v5m, vtto recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
  3. 3.
    v5m, vtto predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
  4. 4.
    v5m, vtto pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
  5. 5.
    v5m, vtto decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
  6. 6.
    v5m, vtto count; to estimate
  7. 7.
    v5m, vtto read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

Kanji breakdown

読
N214 strokesGrade 2

Example sentences

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?

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.

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.

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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