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Dictionary: “読み”

読み

よみ

reading

Example sentence

I cannot finish reading this thick book in a week.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

読
On
どく;とく;とう
Kun
よ.む;-よ.み
Stroke count
14

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Related words to 読み

49 related words

読み方

よみかた

→

pronunciation;reading (e.g. of a kanji)

読み返す

よみかえす

→

to reread;to read again

読み物

よみもの

→

reading matter;reading material

読み書き

よみかき

→

reading and writing

読み上げる

よみあげる

→

to read out;to read aloud;to call out

読み取り

よみとり

→

reading (e.g. by a scanner)

読み

よみ

→

reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading)

読み方

よみかた

→

way of reading (out loud)

読み上げる

よみあげる

→

to finish reading;to read through

読み

よみ

→

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

読み方

よみかた

→

interpretation (e.g. of a text);reading

読みにくい

よみにくい

→

hard to read;illegible

読み取る

よみとる

→

to read and understand;to take in

読み上げ算

よみあげざん

→

having the figures read aloud by another person;calculation by abacus

読み手

よみて

→

reader (person)

読みきる

よみきる

→

to finish reading;to read through

読み聞かせる

よみきかせる

→

to read aloud to another

読み直す

よみなおす

→

to read (a book, etc.) over again

読み応え

よみごたえ

→

worthwhile reading;substantial reading

読み取る

よみとる

→

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

読みきる

よみきる

→

to figure out;to fully anticipate

読み手

よみて

→

person who reads the cards (in karuta games)

読み取る

よみとる

→

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

読み手

よみて

→

composer (of a poem)

読み悪い

よみにくい

→

hard to read;illegible

読みふける

よみふける

→

to be absorbed in reading;to get lost in reading;to be immersed in (a book)

読みやすい

よみやすい

→

easy to read;legible;clear

読みやすさ

よみやすさ

→

ease of reading;legibility

読みさし

よみさし

→

leaving half-read (book, etc.);leaving unfinished

読みカルタ

よみカルタ

→

yomi karuta (card game)

読みが甘い

よみがあまい

→

overly optimistic;misjudged;underestimated

読み合わせ

よみあわせ

→

reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript)

読みさす

よみさす

→

to leave half-read;to leave unfinished

読み上げ

よみあげ

→

reading aloud;recitation

読みすぎる

よみすぎる

→

to read too much

読み取り専用

よみとりせんよう

→

read-only

読み取り専用モード

よみとりせんようモード

→

read only mode

読み下し

よみくだし

→

reading a text from start to finish

読み下し文

よみくだしぶん

→

transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese

読み仮名

よみがな

→

kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji;furigana

読み下す

よみくだす

→

to read (a text) from start to finish

読み慣れる

よみなれる

→

to be accustomed to reading

読み取り機

よみとりき

→

(computer) reader;reading device

読み取り専用メモリ

よみとりせんようメモリ

→

read-only memory;ROM

読みつける

よみつける

→

to be accustomed to reading

読みこなす

よみこなす

→

to digest (a book);to thoroughly understand

読みづらい

よみづらい

→

hard to read

読み合わせる

よみあわせる

→

to read out and compare (e.g. proofs against a manuscript);to check (accounts, etc.) by reading aloud

読み取りヘッド

よみとりヘッド

→

read head (tape, disk, etc.)