空気を読む
Expression
Godan
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expressions (phrasesGodan verb with 'mu' ending
to read the situation;to sense the mood;to read the room
読む
Common
Godan
Transitive
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Godan verb with 'mu' endingtransitive verb
to read
ミルトンの作品を読んだことがありますか。
Have you ever read Milton's works?
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Godan verb with 'mu' endingtransitive verb
to recite (e.g. a sutra);to chant
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Godan verb with 'mu' endingtransitive verb
to predict;to guess;to forecast;to read (someone's thoughts);to see (e.g. into someone's heart);to divine
彼女の心の動きを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.
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Godan verb with 'mu' endingtransitive verb
to pronounce;to read (e.g. a kanji)
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Godan verb with 'mu' endingtransitive verb
to decipher;to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.);to tell (the time)
私の頭は楽譜を読むようにはよく慣らされて居りますが、どうも暗号を読むには適しません。
My mind is quite accustomed to reading music, but deciphering secret codes is not its forte.
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Godan verb with 'mu' endingtransitive verb
to count;to estimate
now mostly used in idioms
See also:
サバを読む (さばをよむ)
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Godan verb with 'mu' endingtransitive verb
to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
also written as 訓む
Other forms
讀む 【よむ】 (search-only kanji form) · 訓む 【よむ】 (search-only kanji form)