読む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
読
よ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) よむ [yóꜜmù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [jo̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

読む (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 讀む, transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よむ, rōmaji yomu)

to read (look at and interpret written text)
この本 (ほん)を読 (よ)みたいです。
Kono hon o yomitai desu.
I want to read this book.
to read (speak aloud written text)
これなんて読 (よ)む？
Kore nante yomu?
How do you say this?
to count

Conjugation

Conjugation of "読む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	読ま	よま	yoma
Continuative (連用形)	読み	よみ	yomi
Terminal (終止形)	読む	よむ	yomu
Attributive (連体形)	読む	よむ	yomu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	読め	よめ	yome
Imperative (命令形)	読め	よめ	yome
Key constructions
Passive	読まれる	よまれる	yomareru
Causative	読ませる読ます	よませるよます	yomaseru yomasu
Potential	読める	よめる	yomeru
Volitional	読もう	よもう	yomō
Negative	読まない	よまない	yomanai
Negative continuative	読まず	よまず	yomazu
Formal	読みます	よみます	yomimasu
Perfective	読んだ	よんだ	yonda
Conjunctive	読んで	よんで	yonde
Hypothetical conditional	読めば	よめば	yomeba

Derived terms

空 (くう)気 (き)を読 (よ)む (kūki o yomu)

See also

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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