読よみ上あげる

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

読み上げる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Used when someone reads text aloud for others to hear, such as announcements, names, or passages.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Emphasizes completing the reading of something, often a book or document, from start to end.

〈人ひと〉の名な前まえを読よみ上あげるto call out someone's name
先せん生せいは出しゅっ席せき簿ぼを見みながら生せい徒との名な前まえを読よみ上あげた。
The teacher called out the students' names while checking the attendance book.
〈物もの〉を最さい後ごまで読よみ上あげるto read something through to the end
彼かれは原げん稿こうを最さい後ごまで読よみ上あげた。
He read the manuscript through to the end.
判はん決けつを読よみ上あげるto read out a verdict
裁さい判ばん官かんは静しずかに判はん決けつを読よみ上あげた。
The judge quietly read out the verdict.

朗ろう読どくN1sense 1
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.
読よむN4sense 1
読む is the general verb for reading in any manner, while 読み上げる specifically means to vocalize the text aloud for others to hear.

読よみ込こむ
読み込む means to load or take in data/information, while 読み上げる means to read text aloud from start to finish.

読よみ上あげるUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news word.
よみあげるUsage2%
読よみ上あげるUsage1%
Less common variant; 読 is a simpler kanji but this spelling is not widely used.

Compound of 読み (continuative form of 読む 'to read') + 上げる 'to raise up, finish,' indicating reading something out or completing the reading.