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    3. 読む

    読む

    読よむ​

    to read

    N5KMT6News #12+1CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeLiteratureKanji Vocab17 strokes

    讀む訓む

    よむ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to read
    2.
    to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant
    3.
    to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine
    4.
    to pronounce, to read (e.g. a kanji)
    5.
    to decipher, to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.), to tell (the time)
    6.
    to count, to estimate
    7.
    to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

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    本ほんを読よむのが好すきです。

    I like reading books.

    KMT2Daily LifeLiterature
    彼かれは相あい手ての考かんがえをよく読よむことができる。

    He can often read other people's thoughts well.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    私わたしは毎まい晩ばん、寝ねる前まえに小しょう説せつを数すうページ読よむ習しゅう慣かんがある。

    I have a habit of reading a few pages of a novel every night before bed.

    KMT6LiteratureDaily Life
    経けい済ざいアナリストは市いち場ばの動どう向こうを正せい確かくに読よむ必ひつ要ようがある。

    Economic analysts need to accurately read market trends.

    KMT7Business & FinanceDaily Life
    この古こ文もん書じょは、専せん門もん家かでなければ正せい確かくに読よむのは難むずかしい。

    This ancient document is difficult to read accurately unless you are an expert.

    KMT8HistoryLiterature

    Characters that make up this word

    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
    Kanji
    む
    mu
    Kana
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