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Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
1. to read​
    ミルトン
  • の
  • さくひん作品
  • を
  • よ読んだ
  • ことがあります
  • か
  • 。
Have you ever read Milton's works?
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
2. to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant​
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
3. to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine​
  • かのじょ彼女の
  • こころ心
  • の
  • うご動き
  • を
  • よ読む
  • こと
  • さえ
  • できなかった
  • 。
I could not even make a guess at the working of her mind.
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
4. to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)​
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
5. to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)​
  • わたし私
  • の
  • あたま頭
  • は
  • がくふ楽譜
  • を
  • よ読む
  • よう
  • には
  • よく
  • な慣らされて
  • お居ります
  • が
  • 、
  • どうも
  • あんごう暗号
  • を
  • よ読む
  • には
  • てき適しません
  • 。
My mind is quite accustomed to reading music, but deciphering secret codes is not its forte.
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
6. to count; to estimate​See also サバを読む, now mostly used in idioms
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
7. to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading​also written as 訓む

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