語感 Dictionary

読む

よむ

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict

JLPT N5 Common word Also written 讀む、訓む

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-mu), Transitive

    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)
All 7 meanings
  1. to count; to estimate
  2. to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

Forms

PlainPolite
Present読むよむ読みますよみます
Negative読まないよまない読みませんよみません
Past読んだよんだ読みましたよみました
Past negative読まなかったよまなかった読みませんでしたよみませんでした
Te-form読んでよんで
Potential読めるよめる
Passive読まれるよまれる
Causative読ませるよませる
Volitional読もうよもう
Imperative読めよめ
Conditional (ば)読めばよめば
Conditional (たら)読んだらよんだら

Example sentences

  • 読よみ続つづけて。

    Keep reading.

  • これを読よめ！

    Read this!

  • これ読よんだ？

    Have you read this?

  • 私わたしは読よみます。

    I read.

  • 何なに読よんでるの？

    What are you reading?

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