Meanings

1. godan verb, transitive verbto read
2. godan verb, transitive verbto recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
3. godan verb, transitive verbto predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
4. godan verb, transitive verbto pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
5. godan verb, transitive verbto decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
6. godan verb, transitive verbto count; to estimatenow mostly used in idioms

Examples

• 本を再び読み続けた。

  I went on with my reading.

• 本を読んでいるんです。

  I am reading a book.

• 本を読むことは面白い。

  Reading a book is interesting.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 読む

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