読よみ下くだし

noun

reading a text from start to finish

Only when written 読み下し

Refers to reading a text continuously from beginning to end, often used in contexts like reading aloud or reading through a document without stopping.

• 会かい議ぎの前まえに、資し料りょうの読よみ下くだしをしておいてください。

  Please read through the materials from start to finish before the meeting.

noun

transliterating classical Chinese into Japanese

A technical term in classical Chinese studies (kanbun) referring to the process of converting Chinese text into Japanese word order and adding kana to make it readable as Japanese.

See also: 読み下す

• 漢かん文ぶんの授じゅ業ぎょうでは、白はく文ぶんを読よみ下くだしにする練れん習しゅうをします。

  In classical Chinese class, we practice transliterating unannotated texts into Japanese.