読

Meaning

読 centers on the act of reading: visually interpreting written language to understand its meaning.

• 読むよむ
  N4

  to read

• 読みよみ
  N3

  reading

• 読者どくしゃ
  N1

  reader

• 読書どくしょ
  N3

  reading (books)

• 読売よみうり

  Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group)

• 購読こうどく
  N1

  buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)

• 読み方よみかた
  N1

  pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji)

• 朗読ろうどく
  N1

  reading aloud; recitation

• 解読かいどく

  deciphering; decoding

• 立ち読みたちよみ
  N1

  reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

• 読み書きよみかき
  N1

  reading and writing

• 愛読あいどく
  N1

  reading with pleasure

• 読み取りよみとり

  reading (e.g. by a scanner)

• 秒読みびょうよみ
  N1

  countdown

• 音読おんどく
  N1

  reading aloud

• 読み物よみもの

  reading matter; reading material

• 必読ひつどく
  N1

  must-read; required reading

• 読み上げるよみあげる
  N1

  to read out; to read aloud; to call out

• 読み返すよみかえす

  to reread; to read again

• 読本とくほん

  reading-book; reader; guidebook; manual

• 音読みおんよみ
  N1

  on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

• 句読点くとうてん
  N2

  punctuation mark

• 訓読みくんよみ
  N1

  kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character

• 積ん読つんどく

  buying books and not reading them; stockpiling books; tsundoku

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