読み

Japanese
Kanji in this term
読
よ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
讀み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu, “to read”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) よみ​ [yòmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞mʲi]

Noun

読(よ)み • (yomi) 

  1. reading
    彼女(かのじょ)は読(よ)み書(か)きができない。
    Kanojo wa yomi kaki ga dekinai.
    She is illiterate.
    (literally, “She is not able to do reading and writing.”)
    この漢(かん)字(じ)の読(よ)みを知(し)っていますか。
    Kono kanji no yomi o shitte imasu ka.
    Do you know the reading for this kanji?
  2. (figurative) understanding of something, speculation about something
    読(よ)みがはずれた。
    Yomi ga hazureta.
    Our reading [of the situation] was off-target. → We guessed wrong.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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