読む (よむ) — to read
読む
to read
Frequency #190
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 2
2 characters
godan verb (-mu)
transitive
action
yomu
よむ
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
よむ[1] atamadaka 頭高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- to read
Explained in simple Japanese
- 本などの 字を 見て、いみを しる。
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Usage examples
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読んで考えよう：
Yonde kangaeyou:
Read and think:
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Verb forms
| Meaning | Plain | Polite |
|---|---|---|
| Present |
読む よむ |
読みます よみます |
| Present negative |
読まない よまない |
読みません よみません |
| Past |
読んだ よんだ |
読みました よみました |
| Past negative |
読まなかった よまなかった |
読みませんでした よみませんでした |
| Te-form |
読んで よんで |
読みまして よみまして |
| Potential |
読める よめる |
読めます よめます |
| Potential negative |
読めない よめない |
読めません よめません |
Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.
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Grammar Points
Grammar patterns commonly used with 読む.
Sharing same tag — action
Kanji
Words
- 行く to go auxiliary verb godan verb (iku/yuku) intransitive
- 来る to come auxiliary verb intransitive kuru verb (irregular)
- 行く to go godan verb (iku/yuku) intransitive
- 書く to write godan verb (-ku) transitive
- 見る to see auxiliary verb ichidan verb transitive
- 聞く to hear godan verb (-ku) transitive
- 食べる to eat ichidan verb transitive
- 飲む to drink godan verb (-mu) transitive
- 歩く to walk godan verb (-ku) intransitive
- 走る to run godan verb (-ru) intransitive