読み
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
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| 読 |
| よ Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 讀み (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読む (yomu, “to read”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- reading
- (of a written character or word) reading, pronunciation
- この漢字の読みを知っていますか。
- Kono kanji no yomi o shitte imasu ka.
- Do you know the reading for this kanji?
- この漢字の読みを知っていますか。
- (figurative) understanding of something, speculation about something; judgment, as of a person's character or of a situation
- 読みがはずれた。
- Yomi ga hazureta.
- Our reading [of the situation] was off-target. → We guessed wrong.
- 読みがはずれた。
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN