朗ろう読どく

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朗読する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to reading a text aloud clearly and expressively, often for an audience. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

〈物もの〉を朗ろう読どくするto read something aloud expressively
彼かの女じょは舞ぶ台たいで自じ分ぶんの詩しを朗ろう読どくした。
She recited her own poem aloud on stage.
〈人ひと〉の前まえで朗ろう読どくするto read aloud in front of an audience
作さっ家かは大おお勢ぜいの読どく者しゃの前まえで新しん作さくを朗ろう読どくした。
The author read his new work aloud in front of many readers.
朗ろう読どく会かいを開ひらくto hold a public reading/recitation event
図と書しょ館かんで詩しの朗ろう読どく会かいが開ひらかれた。
A poetry reading event was held at the library.
〈物もの〉を朗ろう読どくして聞きかせるto read something aloud to someone
母ははは子こどもに絵え本ほんを朗ろう読どくして聞きかせた。
The mother read the picture book aloud to her child.

音おん読どくN1
音読 usually refers to reading aloud for practice or study, while 朗読 emphasizes expressive, performance-style reading for an audience.
読よみ聞きかせ
読み聞かせ specifically means reading aloud to someone else, especially children, while 朗読 is broader and can be done for any audience or purpose.
朗ろう詠えい
朗読 is general reading aloud of any text, while 朗詠 specifically means reciting classical poetry with a melodic intonation.
読よみ上あげるN1
朗読 emphasizes expressive, performance-style reading aloud (e.g., of literature), while 読み上げる is more neutral and often used for announcements or official texts.

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読よみ上あげ
朗読 implies expressive, artistic reading aloud such as poetry or literature, while 読み上げ is a neutral, functional act of reading aloud (e.g. text-to-speech, announcements).
読よむN4
朗読する specifically means to read aloud expressively, such as literature or poetry, whereas 読む covers reading in general, silent or aloud.

黙もく読どく
黙読 means reading silently to oneself, the direct opposite of 朗読, which means reading aloud.

暗あん唱しょうN1
暗唱 means reciting something from memory without looking at a text, whereas 朗読 involves reading an actual text aloud.

回かいN4
counter for occurrences; times · time; instance; occasion · inning (baseball); round; game · episode; chapter; installment · Hui (people) · Islam

Compound of 朗 (clear, bright) and 読 (read). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys 'reading clearly'.