Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
讀み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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The (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (yomu, to read).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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() (yomi

  1. reading
  2. (of a written character or word) reading, pronunciation
    この(かん)()()()っていますか。
    Kono kanji no yomi o shitte imasu ka.
    Do you know the reading for this kanji?
  3. (figurative) understanding of something, speculation about something; judgment, as of a person's character or of a situation
    ()がはずれた。
    Yomi ga hazureta.
    Our reading [of the situation] was off-target. → We guessed wrong.
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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN