読み取り・読取り・読取・読み取|よみとりyomitori[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
読み取り読み取り is the most common spelling among these forms and the recommended choice for beginners; it is used for reading, including reading done by a scanner.
読取り読取り is a less common spelling variant of 読み取り. It can appear in the same scanner-related contexts, but learners should normally choose 読み取り.
読取読取 is less common than 読み取り and uses kanji only, with irregular okurigana. You may encounter it as a written variant in scanner-related contexts.
読み取読み取 is the least common of these spellings and uses mixed kanji and kana with irregular okurigana. It may occur in written references to scanner-related reading.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbreading (e.g. by a scanner)
Conjugation
Dictionary form読み取りする(よみとりする)
Polite (masu)読み取りします(よみとりします)
Negative (nai)読み取りしない(よみとりしない)
polite (masen)読み取りしません(よみとりしません)
classical zu / nu読み取りせず・読み取りせぬ(よみとりせず・よみとりせぬ)
Past (ta)読み取りした(よみとりした)
polite (mashita)読み取りしました(よみとりしました)
Past negative (nakatta)読み取りしなかった(よみとりしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)読み取りしませんでした(よみとりしませんでした)
Te form読み取りして(よみとりして)
Potential読み取りできる(よみとりできる)
Passive読み取りされる(よみとりされる)
Causative読み取りさせる(よみとりさせる)
Causative passive読み取りさせられる(よみとりさせられる)
Conditional (ba)読み取りすれば(よみとりすれば)
tara読み取りしたら(よみとりしたら)
Volitional読み取りしよう(よみとりしよう)
polite (mashou)読み取りしましょう(よみとりしましょう)
Imperative読み取りしろ(よみとりしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym読み取るよみとるNeutralA verb: grasping a text's meaning or reading someone's true feelings, and also scanning. 「読み取り」 is the noun, used mostly for machine recognition.
  • Synonym読むよむNeutralA verb: reading or reciting, also predicting as in 「先を読む」. The most versatile of the group, covering ordinary reading.
  • Related読み込むよみこむNeutralA verb: reading carefully and repeatedly or reading between the lines; in computing, loading data, which can include scanning it in. Stresses depth or bringing data in.

Use 「読み取り」 for machines recognizing text or barcodes, as in 「QRコードの読み取り」. For reading minds use 「読み取る」, for loading data 「読み込む」, and for ordinary reading 「読む」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. スキャナーなどの機械きかいが、文字もじや画像がぞうの情報じょうほうを認識にんしきすること。
Kanji in this word
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