読む（よむ）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: to read
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 読みます | よみます |
| te-form | 読んで | よんで |
| ta-form (past) | 読んだ | よんだ |
| nai-form (negative) | 読まない | よまない |
| potential form | 読める | よめる |
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Example sentences
- 毎晩、寝る前に本を読む。 — Every night I read a book before going to bed.
- 新聞を読むのが毎朝の習慣だ。 — Reading the newspaper is my habit every morning.
Idioms & proverbs containing “読む”
- 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む (もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ) — you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
- 心を読む (こころをよむ) — to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
- サバ読む (さばよむ) — to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
- サバを読む (さばをよむ) — to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
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