The Japanese word for to read is
読む
よむ - yomu
Japanese Definition
| read | |
| 1. 動詞. よむ。 | |
| 2. 動詞. ～とよめる。 | |
| 3. 名詞. 読書。 | |
| 4. 名詞. 読み物。 | |
| 5. 形容詞. （過去分詞より）読まれている。 | |
| 6. 形容詞. 精通している。 |
Translations for read and their definitions
| 読む | |
| 1. v. to read (look at and interpret written text) | |
| この本を読みたいです。 - I want to read this book. | |
| 2. v. to read (speak aloud written text) | |
| これなんて読む？ - How do you say this? | |
| 3. v. to infer; to speculate | |
| (ja-x, 相手の手の内を読む, あいて の て の うち を よむ, to guess the opponent's plan) | |
| 相手の出方を読みそこねた - We could not read their intentions. | |
| 4. v. to count | |
| 票を読む - to count votes |
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