Vocab Info

N5 う-verb (む), Transitive verb

読(よ)むto read

    Dictionary Definition

    1. う-verb (む), Transitive verb

      1. 1.

        to read

      2. 2.

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

      3. 3.

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

      4. 4.

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

      5. 5.

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

      6. 6.

        to count, to estimate

        now mostly used in idioms,
      7. 7.

        to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

        also written as 訓む

    All Forms

    読む 【よむ】

    Details

      • よ

      • む

    • Frequency

      General Top 300

    Examples

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    • 朝(あさ)に本(ほん)を読(よ)む。

      I read a book in the morning. (habitual action, i.e. as a routine each morning)

      • N5
    • 父(ちち)は毎朝(まいあさ)新聞(しんぶん)を読(よ)みます。

      My father reads the newspaper every morning.

      • N5
    • もっと本(ほん)を読(よ)んだ方(ほう)がいいですよ。

      You should read more books.

      • N5
    • 子供(こども)が親(おや)に:「絵本(えほん)を読(よ)んでください。」

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

      • N5
    • 今日(きょう)は父(ちち)の誕生日(たんじょうび)なので、手紙(てがみ)を読(よ)みました。

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

      • N4
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