読む

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

Meaning

  1. v5mvt
    to read
  2. v5mvt
    to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
  3. v5mvt
    to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
  4. v5mvt
    to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
  5. v5mvt
    to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
  6. v5mvt
    to count; to estimate
  7. v5mvt
    to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

Example sentences

  • Take a book and read it.

  • I read a book while eating.

  • However, if you're going to read people's blogs in order to write an interesting blog, you can do that right away.