Vocab Info

N5 う-verb (む), Transitive verb

()to read

    Dictionary Definition

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    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】

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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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