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    3. 素読

    素読

    素そ読どく

    reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it

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    そどく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it

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    子こ供どもの頃ころ、論ろん語ごの素そ読どくをさせられた。

    When I was a child, I was made to read the Analects of Confucius aloud without understanding them.

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    外がい国こく語ご学がく習しゅうにおいて、発はつ音おん練れん習しゅうのために素そ読どくを取とり入いれる人ひともいる。

    In foreign language learning, some people incorporate reading aloud without understanding for pronunciation practice.

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    古こ典てんの素そ読どくは、言こと葉ばのリズムを学まなぶのに役やく立だつ。

    Reading classics aloud without understanding helps in learning the rhythm of language.

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    彼かれは毎まい日にち、漢かん詩しの素そ読どくを欠かかさない。

    He never misses reading Chinese poetry aloud without understanding it every day.

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    禅ぜん寺でらでは、経きょう典てんの素そ読どくが修しゅ行ぎょうの一いっ環かんとして行おこなわれる。

    At Zen temples, reading sutras aloud without understanding is performed as part of training.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    素
    もと…(2)
    elementary・principle・naked・uncovered
    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
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