朗読|ろうどくroudoku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbreading aloud; recitation
    彼かれはその詩しを一本調子いっぽんぢょうしで朗読ろうどくした。↗
    He read the poem in a monotone.
Conjugation
Dictionary form朗読する(ろうどくする)
Polite (masu)朗読します(ろうどくします)
Negative (nai)朗読しない(ろうどくしない)
polite (masen)朗読しません(ろうどくしません)
classical zu / nu朗読せず・朗読せぬ(ろうどくせず・ろうどくせぬ)
Past (ta)朗読した(ろうどくした)
polite (mashita)朗読しました(ろうどくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)朗読しなかった(ろうどくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)朗読しませんでした(ろうどくしませんでした)
Te form朗読して(ろうどくして)
Potential朗読できる(ろうどくできる)
Passive朗読される(ろうどくされる)
Causative朗読させる(ろうどくさせる)
Causative passive朗読させられる(ろうどくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)朗読すれば(ろうどくすれば)
tara朗読したら(ろうどくしたら)
Volitional朗読しよう(ろうどくしよう)
polite (mashou)朗読しましょう(ろうどくしましょう)
Imperative朗読しろ(ろうどくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related朗詠ろうえいWrittenWritten/formal prose: chanting waka or Chinese poems with melodic rise and fall; 「朗読」 is ordinary reading aloud.
  • Related誦するしょうするWrittenWritten/formal prose: reciting sutras, poems, or texts aloud; 「朗読」 is more common and implies reading with feeling.
  • Related朗唱ろうしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: reciting poems or prose in a loud voice; 「朗読」 is the more common word.
  • Related詠誦えいしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: chanting poetry aloud; 「朗読」 is ordinary reading aloud.
  • Related朗吟ろうぎんWrittenWritten/formal prose: singing or chanting poems in a loud voice; 「朗読」 is ordinary reading aloud.
  • Related読誦どくじゅWrittenWritten/formal prose, a Buddhist term: intoning sutras aloud; 「朗読」 is for ordinary texts.
  • Antonym黙読もくどくNeutralNeutral: the opposite of 「朗読」 in whether the voice is used; it means reading silently.

Use 「朗読」 for reading texts or novels aloud, as in 「朗読劇」. For chanting waka and Chinese poems, pick 「朗詠」 or 「朗吟」; for sutras, 「読誦」. The antonym 「黙読」 means silent reading.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 文章ぶんしょう・詩しなどを声こえを出だして読よむこと。特とくに、情感じょうかんを込こめて詩文しぶんを読よむこと。
  2. 文章ぶんしょう・詩しなどを声こえに出だして読よむ。
Kanji in this word

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