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心を読む
こころをよむ
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read someone's mind; guess someone's thoughts
空気を読む
くうきをよむ
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read the room; sense the mood; read the situation
空で読む
そらでよむ
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recite from memory; read without looking
行間を読む
ぎょうかんをよむ
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read between the lines
サバを読む
さばをよむ
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fudge the numbers; cook the books; lie about one's age
サバ読む
さばよむ
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fudge numbers; manipulate figures; lie about one's age
読み書きそろばん
よみかきそろばん
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the three Rs; reading, writing and arithmetic
読みが甘い
よみがあまい
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overly optimistic; misjudged; underestimated
読み間違える
よみまちがえる
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misread; misinterpret; misunderstand
論語読みの論語知らず
ろんごよみのろんごしらず
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knowing a theory without being able to apply it
門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む
もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ
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you learn, without realising it, from what is around you
鼻毛を読む
はなげをよむ
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lead a man around by the nose; have a man wrapped around one's finger
