よむ
読む
to read
N5Common wordGodan verb (mu ending)
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to read
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to recite (e.g. a sutra)•to chant
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to predict•to guess•to forecast•to read (someone's thoughts)•to see (e.g. into someone's heart)•to divine
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to pronounce•to read (e.g. a kanji)
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to decipher•to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.)•to tell (the time)
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to count•to estimate
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
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Kanji Breakdown
Conjugations
Present辞書形
読む(よむ)
Negativeない形
読まない(よまない)
Pastた形
読んだ(よんだ)
Past Negativeなかった形
読まなかった(よまなかった)
Te-formて形
読んで(よんで)
Example Sentences
これ以上は読む価値がない。
It's not worth reading any further.
天ぷらの作りかたを本で読みました。
I read about how to make tempura in a book.
良書を読むといつも幸せだと感じる。
I always find contentment in a good book.
良書を読めば、必ずそれだけ賢くなる。
You never read a book without being the better for it.
良書を読めば必ずそれだけの効果がある。
One cannot read a good book without being so much the better for it.