読む
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to read
2. to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
3. to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
4. to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
5. to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
6. to count; to estimate (now mostly used in idioms)
7. to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading (also written as 訓む)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
よむ
Used in vocabulary
Examples1008
彼女の
I could not even make a guess at the working of her mind.
私
My mind is quite accustomed to reading music, but deciphering secret codes is not its forte.
ミルトン
Have you ever read Milton's works?
本
I am reading a book.
私
I'll be reading a book.
私
I was reading a book.