読よみ手て

noun

reader (person)

General term for a person who reads something, such as a book, article, or aloud.

• この記き事じの読よみ手ては主おもに若わかい女じょ性せいです。

  The readers of this article are mainly young women.

noun

card reader (in karuta)

In karuta games, the person who reads the cards aloud. Compare 取り手 (the player who takes the cards).

See also: 取り手 · 読手 (どくしゅ)

• かるた大たい会かいでは、読よみ手てが上かみの句くを詠よみ上あげる。

  At the karuta tournament, the reader recites the first part of the poem.

noun

composer (of a poem)

Refers to the person who composed a poem, especially in contexts like waka or haiku. Also written as 詠み手.

See also: 詠み手 (よみて)

• この歌うたの読よみ手ては不ふ明めいです。

  The composer of this poem is unknown.