読み|よみyomi[2]odaka (tail-high)
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- nounreading
- nounreading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading)also written 訓み
- nounreading (e.g. of a situation); insight; judgment; interpretation; prediction; calculation
- 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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