"読む" meaning in Japanese

See 読む in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [jo̞mɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|よむ|tr=trans|type=1}} 読(よ)む • (yomu) transitive godan (stem 読(よ)み (yomi), past 読(よ)んだ (yonda)) Forms: 読む [canonical] (ruby: ()), yomu [romanization], 読み [stem] (ruby: ()), 読んだ [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 読ま [error-unrecognized-form], よま [error-unrecognized-form], yoma [error-unrecognized-form], 読み [error-unrecognized-form], よみ [error-unrecognized-form], yomi [error-unrecognized-form], 読む [error-unrecognized-form], よむ [error-unrecognized-form], yomu [error-unrecognized-form], 読め [error-unrecognized-form], よめ [error-unrecognized-form], yome [error-unrecognized-form], 読まれる [passive], よまれる [passive], yomareru [passive], 読ませる [causative], 読ます [causative], よませる [causative], よます [causative], yomaseru [causative], yomasu [causative], 読める [potential], よめる [potential], yomeru [potential], 読もう [volitional], よもう [volitional], yomō [volitional], 読まない [negative], よまない [negative], yomanai [negative], 読まず [continuative, negative], よまず [continuative, negative], yomazu [continuative, negative], 読みます [formal], よみます [formal], yomimasu [formal], 読んだ [perfective], よんだ [perfective], yonda [perfective], 読んで [conjunctive], よんで [conjunctive], yonde [conjunctive], 読めば [conditional, hypothetical], よめば [conditional, hypothetical], yomeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to read (look at and interpret written text)
    Sense id: en-読む-ja-verb-9IPcVuyl Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu: 29 26 24 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 29 27 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 28 34 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 28 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 25 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 25 27
  2. to read (speak aloud written text)
    Sense id: en-読む-ja-verb-EpQ4jK1G Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu: 29 26 24 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 29 27 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 28 34 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 28 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 25 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 25 27
  3. to infer; to speculate
    Sense id: en-読む-ja-verb-iRmPrXzY Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 38 11 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu: 29 26 24 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 29 27 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 28 34 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 28 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 25 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 25 27
  4. to count
    Sense id: en-読む-ja-verb-Ty~A-DMC Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu: 29 26 24 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 29 27 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 28 34 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 28 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 25 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 25 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 空気を読む (kūki o yomu) (ruby: (くう), (), ()), (koyomi) (ruby: (こよみ)), 秒読み (byōyomi) (ruby: (びょう), ()) Related terms: 読書 (dokusho) (ruby: 読書(どくしょ)) (english: reading), 読者 (dokusha) (ruby: 読者(どくしゃ)) (english: reader), 著者 (chosha) (ruby: 著者(ちょしゃ)) (english: author, writer)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kūki o yomu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "空",
          "くう"
        ],
        [
          "気",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "空気を読む"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "koyomi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "暦",
          "こよみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "暦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "byōyomi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "秒",
          "びょう"
        ],
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "秒読み"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "読む",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読み",
      "roman": "yomi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読んだ",
      "roman": "yonda",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-mu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読ま",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よま",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読み",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よみ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読む",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yome",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読まれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よまれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読ませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読ます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読める",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よめる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読もう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よもう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読まない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よまない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読まず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よまず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読みます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よみます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読んだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yonda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読んで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よんで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yonde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読めば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よめば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "よむ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "読(よ)む • (yomu) transitive godan (stem 読(よ)み (yomi), past 読(よ)んだ (yonda))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "reading",
      "roman": "dokusho",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "読書",
          "どくしょ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "読書"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "reader",
      "roman": "dokusha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "読者",
          "どくしゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "読者"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "author, writer",
      "roman": "chosha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "著者",
          "ちょしゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "著者"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 26 24 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 27 24 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 34 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 28 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 25 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 25 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I want to read this book.",
          "roman": "Kono hon o yomitai desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "この本を読みたいです。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to read (look at and interpret written text)"
      ],
      "id": "en-読む-ja-verb-9IPcVuyl",
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 26 24 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 27 24 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 34 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 28 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 25 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 25 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How do you say this?",
          "roman": "Kore nan te yomu?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "これなんて読む?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to read (speak aloud written text)"
      ],
      "id": "en-読む-ja-verb-EpQ4jK1G",
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 25 38 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 26 24 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 27 24 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 34 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 28 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 25 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 25 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to guess the opponent's plan",
          "roman": "aite no te no uchi o yomu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "相手",
              "あいて"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "内",
              "うち"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "相手の手の内を読む",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We could not read their intentions.",
          "roman": "aite no dekata o yomisokoneta",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "相手",
              "あいて"
            ],
            [
              "出方",
              "でかた"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "相手の出方を読みそこねた",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to infer; to speculate"
      ],
      "id": "en-読む-ja-verb-iRmPrXzY",
      "links": [
        [
          "infer",
          "infer"
        ],
        [
          "speculate",
          "speculate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 26 24 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 27 24 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 34 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 28 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 25 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 25 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
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            [
              3,
              8
            ]
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              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to count votes",
          "roman": "hyō o yomu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "票",
              "ひょう"
            ],
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              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
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          "text": "票を読む",
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        }
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          "count"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "other": "よむ"
    },
    {
      "note": "Keihan",
      "other": "[yòmú]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jo̞mɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tokyo dialect"
  ],
  "word": "読む"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
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      "roman": "kūki o yomu",
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          "空",
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        [
          "気",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "空気を読む"
    },
    {
      "roman": "koyomi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "暦",
          "こよみ"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "roman": "byōyomi",
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        [
          "秒",
          "びょう"
        ],
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          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
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      "form": "yomu",
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      "form": "読み",
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          "よ"
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    {
      "form": "読んだ",
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        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-mu",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読ま",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よま",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読み",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よみ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読む",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yome",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読まれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よまれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読ませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読ます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読める",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よめる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読もう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よもう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読まない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よまない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読まず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よまず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読みます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よみます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yomimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読んだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yonda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "読んで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よんで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yonde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "読めば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
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      "form": "よめば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "yomeba",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "よむ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
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      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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      "english": "reading",
      "roman": "dokusho",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "読書",
          "どくしょ"
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      ],
      "word": "読書"
    },
    {
      "english": "reader",
      "roman": "dokusha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "読者",
          "どくしゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "読者"
    },
    {
      "english": "author, writer",
      "roman": "chosha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "著者",
          "ちょしゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "著者"
    }
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              8
            ]
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          "english": "I want to read this book.",
          "roman": "Kono hon o yomitai desu.",
          "ruby": [
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              "本",
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            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
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          "text": "この本を読みたいです。",
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        }
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        "to read (look at and interpret written text)"
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        [
          "read",
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              12,
              16
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              5,
              7
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          "english": "How do you say this?",
          "roman": "Kore nan te yomu?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "これなんて読む?",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to read (speak aloud written text)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              3,
              8
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              25
            ]
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              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to guess the opponent's plan",
          "roman": "aite no te no uchi o yomu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "相手",
              "あいて"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "内",
              "うち"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "相手の手の内を読む",
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        },
        {
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              17,
              21
            ]
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              6,
              8
            ]
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          "english": "We could not read their intentions.",
          "roman": "aite no dekata o yomisokoneta",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "相手",
              "あいて"
            ],
            [
              "出方",
              "でかた"
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              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
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          "text": "相手の出方を読みそこねた",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to infer; to speculate"
      ],
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        [
          "infer",
          "infer"
        ],
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          "speculate",
          "speculate"
        ]
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    },
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              3,
              8
            ]
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              6,
              10
            ]
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              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to count votes",
          "roman": "hyō o yomu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "票",
              "ひょう"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "票を読む",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to count"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "count",
          "count"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "よむ"
    },
    {
      "note": "Keihan",
      "other": "[yòmú]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jo̞mɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tokyo dialect"
  ],
  "word": "読む"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 読む meaning in Japanese (7.2kB)

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}

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}

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}

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  "title": "読む",
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}

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}

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  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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}

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