読
ドク • トク • トウ
よ.む • -よ.み
read
Words
読み通す
よみとおす
- to read to the end; to read through; to read from cover to cover v5s vt
抄読会
しょうどくかい
- journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc. n
空気が読めない
くうきがよめない
- unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation) exp adj-i
文字読み
もじよみ
- reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning n
- reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters n
逆さ読み
さかさよみ
- reading a word backwards (often to make slang) n vs