読み|よみyomi[2]odaka (tail-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounreading
  2. nounreading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading)also written 訓み
  3. nounreading (e.g. of a situation); insight; judgment; interpretation; prediction; calculation
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymリーディングNeutralLoanword for reading, mostly as an exam subject or textbook name in language study; 「読み」 also covers kanji readings and anticipating a situation.
  • Related読書どくしょNeutralReading books as a habit or activity, as in 「読書が趣味」; 「読み」 centers on how something is read or interpreted.
  • Related閲覧えつらんWrittenWritten-style word for consulting materials or browsing web pages, as in 「閲覧室」; 「読み」 does not carry this sense of looking things up or browsing.
  • Related閲読えつどくWrittenRare, written word for reading documents or books through carefully; for looking things up use 「閲覧」, for ordinary reading use 「読む」.
  • Related拝読はいどくFormalHumble, formal term for reading someone's letter or work; 「読み」 carries no honorific nuance.
  • Antonym書きNeutralWriting, the counterpart of 「読み」 in the sense of reading; the two often appear together as 「読み書き」.

Use 「読み」 for how something is read, a kanji reading, or reading a situation, as in 「読みが深い」. For reading books say 「読書」, for consulting or browsing 「閲覧」, for humbly reading someone's work 「拝読」, for the exam subject 「リーディング」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 読よむこと。
  2. 文字もじの読み方よみかた。
  3. 人ひとの心中しんじゅうや事態じたいの成り行なりゆきなどを見通みとおすこと。
  4. 将棋しょうぎや囲碁いごで先さきの展開てんかいやそれに応おうじた手順てじゅんを見通みとおすこと。
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