読み

Japanese
Kanji in this term
読
よ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
讀み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu, “to read”).

Pronunciation

Noun

読(よ)み • (yomi) 

  1. reading
  2. (of a written character or word) reading, pronunciation
    この漢(かん)字(じ)の読(よ)みを知(し)っていますか。
    Kono kanji no yomi o shitte imasu ka.
    Do you know the reading for this kanji?
  3. (figurative) understanding of something, speculation about something; judgment, as of a person's character or of a situation
    読(よ)みがはずれた。
    Yomi ga hazureta.
    Our reading [of the situation] was off-target. → We guessed wrong.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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