読める

Japanese

The potential form of 読む (yomu, “to read”).

読める (ichidan conjugation, hiragana よめる, rōmaji yomeru)

legible; readable (able to be read)
読 (よ)める字 (じ)で書 (か)いて下 (くだ)さい。
Yomeru ji de kaite kudasai.
Please write in legible letters.
pronounceable (able to be pronounced)
「京」という字 (じ)は「kin」とも「tin」とも読 (よ)める。
“京” to iu ji wa “kin” to mo “tin” to mo yomeru.
The character "京" is pronounceable as both "kin" and "tin".
predictable (able to be predicted)
来 (らい)年 (ねん)の動 (どう)向 (こう)が読 (よ)める。
Rainen no dōkō ga yomeru.
The tendency of the next year is predictable.
calculable (of a person, able to be predicted)
あいつの行 (こう)動 (どう)は読 (よ)める。
Aitsu no kōdō wa yomeru.
His behavior is calculable.

Conjugation of "読める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	読め	よめ	yome
Continuative (連用形)	読め	よめ	yome
Terminal (終止形)	読める	よめる	yomeru
Attributive (連体形)	読める	よめる	yomeru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	読めれ	よめれ	yomere
Imperative (命令形)	読めよ¹ 読めろ²	よめよ¹ よめろ²	yomeyo¹ yomero²
Key constructions
Passive	読められる	よめられる	yomerareru
Causative	読めさせる読めさす	よめさせるよめさす	yomesaseru yomesasu
Potential	読められる読めれる³	よめられるよめれる³	yomerareru yomereru³
Volitional	読めよう	よめよう	yomeyō
Negative	読めない読めぬ読めん	よめないよめぬよめん	yomenai yomenu yomen
Negative continuative	読めず	よめず	yomezu
Formal	読めます	よめます	yomemasu
Perfective	読めた	よめた	yometa
Conjunctive	読めて	よめて	yomete
Hypothetical conditional	読めれば	よめれば	yomereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

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