朗詠|ろうえいrouei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verbrecitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
Conjugation
Dictionary form朗詠する(ろうえいする)
Polite (masu)朗詠します(ろうえいします)
Negative (nai)朗詠しない(ろうえいしない)
polite (masen)朗詠しません(ろうえいしません)
classical zu / nu朗詠せず・朗詠せぬ(ろうえいせず・ろうえいせぬ)
Past (ta)朗詠した(ろうえいした)
polite (mashita)朗詠しました(ろうえいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)朗詠しなかった(ろうえいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)朗詠しませんでした(ろうえいしませんでした)
Te form朗詠して(ろうえいして)
Potential朗詠できる(ろうえいできる)
Passive朗詠される(ろうえいされる)
Causative朗詠させる(ろうえいさせる)
Causative passive朗詠させられる(ろうえいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)朗詠すれば(ろうえいすれば)
tara朗詠したら(ろうえいしたら)
Volitional朗詠しよう(ろうえいしよう)
polite (mashou)朗詠しましょう(ろうえいしましょう)
Imperative朗詠しろ(ろうえいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym詠誦えいしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose and very rare: reciting poetry aloud.
  • Synonym朗吟ろうぎんNeutralNeutral: chanting poetry in a loud voice, with the emphasis on the tone of the chanting.
  • Related朗読ろうどくNeutralNeutral and common in daily use: reading texts or poems aloud, not necessarily with the melody or cadence that 「朗詠」 implies.
  • Related誦するしょうするWrittenWritten/formal prose and very rare: a verb for reading texts or poems aloud.
  • Related朗唱ろうしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: reciting in a loud voice; close to 「朗読」 but with more force and vigor.
  • Related読誦どくじゅNeutralNeutral: reciting sutras aloud, mostly in Buddhist use; read 「どくしょう」, it means reading texts aloud.

To read a text aloud, use 「朗読」; 「朗詠」 is for chanting waka or Chinese poems to a melody, as in the 「和漢朗詠集」; for sutras, use 「読誦」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 節ふしをつけて詩歌しいかを読よむこと。
  2. 七なな言げん二に句くの漢詩かんし文ぶんに節ふしを付つけてよんだもの。
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