Vocab Info

N5 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

()to read

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to read

    2. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant

    3. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine

    4. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      4.

      to pronounce, to read (e.g. a kanji)

    5. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      5.

      to decipher, to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.), to tell (the time)

    6. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      6.

      to count, to estimate

      now mostly used in idioms,
    7. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      7.

      to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

      also written as 訓む

    All Forms

    読む 【よむ】

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    Details

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    Examples

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      (あさ)(ほん)()

      I read a book in the morning.

      • N5

      (ちち)毎朝(まいあさ)新聞(しんぶん)()みます。

      My father reads the newspaper every morning.

      • N5

      もっと(ほん)()んだ(ほう)がいいですよ。

      You should read more books.

      • N5

      子供(こども)(おや)に:「絵本(えほん)()んで(くだ)さい。」

      Child to parent: 'Please read me a picture book.'

      • N5

      今日(きょう)(ちち)誕生日(たんじょうび)なので、手紙(てがみ)()ました

      Today is my father's birthday, so I read him the letter.

      • N4
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