Word
読む
よむ
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CommonJLPT N5
Meanings
- Godan verb · Transitive
to read
- Godan verb · Transitive
to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
- Godan verb · Transitive
to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
- Godan verb · Transitive
to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
- Godan verb · Transitive
to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
- Godan verb · Transitive
to count; to estimate
- Godan verb · Transitive
to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
In Spanish
leer
- Other forms
- 讀む、訓む
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
午前中はずっと本を読んでました。
I have been reading a book all morning.
He estado leyendo un libro toda la mañana.
Tatoeba #157196(opens in a new tab)本を読む時間がほとんどないんだ。
I have little time to read.
Tatoeba #152798(opens in a new tab)