読む

Japanese
Kanji in this term
読
よ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

読む (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 讀む, transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よむ, rōmaji yomu)

  1. to read (look at and interpret written text)
    この本 (ほん)を読 (よ)みたいです。
    Kono hon o yomitai desu.
    I want to read this book.
  2. to read (speak aloud written text)
    これなんて読 (よ)む？
    Kore nante yomu?
    How do you say this?
  3. to count

Conjugation
Conjugation of "読む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 読ま よま yoma
Continuative (連用形) 読み よみ yomi
Terminal (終止形) 読む よむ yomu
Attributive (連体形) 読む よむ yomu
Hypothetical (仮定形) 読め よめ yome
Imperative (命令形) 読め よめ yome
Key constructions
Passive 読まれる よまれる yomareru
Causative 読ませる
読ます		 よませる
よます		 yomaseru
yomasu
Potential 読める よめる yomeru
Volitional 読もう よもう yomō
Negative 読まない よまない yomanai
Negative continuative 読まず よまず yomazu
Formal 読みます よみます yomimasu
Perfective 読んだ よんだ yonda
Conjunctive 読んで よんで yonde
Hypothetical conditional 読めば よめば yomeba

Derived terms

See also

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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