読む

よむ

JLPTN5

Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

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To read

ミルトン

の

作品さくひん

を

読よ

んだことがありますか

。

Have you ever read Milton's works?

To recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant

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

彼女かのじょ

の

心こころ

の

動うご

きを

読よ

むことさえできなかった

。

I could not even make a guess at the working of her mind.

To pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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

私わたし

の

頭あたま

は

楽譜がくふ

を

読よ

むようにはよく

慣な

らされて

居お

りますが

、

どうも

暗号あんごう

を

読よ

むには

適てき

しません

。

My mind is quite accustomed to reading music, but deciphering secret codes is not its forte.

To count; to estimate

To read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

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Verb conjugation table 読む

Form name (形)	Word
Dictionary (辞書)	読む/よむ
Past (た)	読んだ
Negation (未然)	読まない
Polite (丁寧)	読みます
te (て)	読んで
Ability (可能)	読める
Passive (受身)	読まれる
Command (使役)	読ませる
Passive command (使役受身)	読ませられる
Conditions (条件)	読めば
Command (命令)	読め
Will (意向)	読もう
Prohibition (禁止)	読むな