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    3. 読み聞かせる

    読み聞かせる

    読よみ​聞きか​せ​る​

    to read aloud

    KMT10News #36+1Verb, TransitiveEducationFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab37 strokes

    読みきかせる

    よみきかせる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to read aloud, to read to someone

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    私わたしは子こ供どもに絵え本ほんを読よみ聞きかせた。

    I read a picture book aloud to my child.

    KMT5EducationFamily & Relationships
    寝ねる前まえに物ものが語たりを読よみ聞きかせることが、我わが家やの習しゅう慣かんだ。

    Reading a story aloud before bedtime is a custom in our family.

    KMT7EducationFamily & RelationshipsDaily Life
    祖そ母ぼはいつも孫まごたちに昔むかし話ばなしを読よみ聞きかせてくれた。

    My grandmother always read old tales aloud to her grandchildren.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEducationCulture & Traditions
    図と書しょ館かんでは、毎まい週しゅう土ど曜よう日びにボランティアが子こ供どもたちに本ほんを読よみ聞きかせている。

    At the library, volunteers read books aloud to children every Saturday.

    KMT8EducationDaily Life
    読よみ聞きかせは、子こ供どもの想そう像ぞう力りょくと語ご彙い力りょくを育はぐくむのに役やく立だつ。

    Reading aloud helps foster a child's imagination and vocabulary.

    KMT9EducationFamily & Relationships

    Characters that make up this word

    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
    Kanji
    聞
    き.く・き.こえる…(2)
    hear・ask・listen
    Kanji
    み
    mi
    Kana
    か
    ka
    Kana
    せ
    se
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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