よむ

読 む

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, transitive verb

    to read

    • ミルトンの作品を読んだことがありますか。
      Have you ever read Milton's works?

  2. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, transitive verb

    to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant

  3. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, transitive verb

    to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine

    • 彼女の心の動きを読むことさえできなかった。
      I could not even make a guess at the working of her mind.

  4. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, transitive verb

    to pronounce, to read (e.g. a kanji)

  5. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, transitive verb

    to decipher, to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.), to tell (the time)

    • 私の頭は楽譜を読むようにはよく慣らされて居りますが、どうも暗号を読むには適しません。
      My mind is quite accustomed to reading music, but deciphering secret codes is not its forte.

  6. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, transitive verb

    to count, to estimate
    now mostly used in idioms

  7. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, transitive verb

    to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
    also written as 訓む