読む

よむ

to read

N5 #1,164

Meanings

  1. godan verb, transitive to read
  2. to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
  3. to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
  4. to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
  5. to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
  6. now mostly used in idioms to count; to estimate
  7. also written as 訓む to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

Its kanji

In sentences

これ読よんだ？ Did you read this? #12453522

全部ぜんぶ読よんだよ。 I read everything. #10129855

もう一度いちど読よんで。 Read it again. #3496871

もう全部ぜんぶ読よんだ？ Have you read all of it? #11891595

手紙てがみ、読よんだよ。 I read your letter. #12142995

今いま、読よんでるとこ。 I'm reading it now. #10680237

まだ読よんでいるよ。 I am still reading. #12356381

この本ほん、読よんでみて。 Read this book. #8580420