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Words with 読

Kanji 読, meaning read, appears in 305 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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読書

どくしょ

reading (a book)

読本

とくほん

textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)

読者

どくしゃ

reader

読み

よみ

reading

読む

よむ

to decipher

朗読

ろうどく

reading aloud

読み方

よみかた

way of reading (out loud)

秒読み

びょうよみ

countdown

愛読

あいどく

reading with pleasure

読み書き

よみかき

reading and writing

句読点

くとうてん

punctuation mark

読経

どきょう

sutra chanting

副読本

ふくとくほん

supplementary reader

読み返す

よみかえす

to reread

積ん読

つんどく

books bought but not read

読売

よみうり

Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group)

音読

おんどく

reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation

音読み

おんよみ

on reading

訓読み

くんよみ

kun reading

必読

ひつどく

must-read

立ち読み

たちよみ

reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.)

購読

こうどく

buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.)

読み物

よみもの

reading matter

読み取り

よみとり

reading (e.g. by a scanner)

解読

かいどく

deciphering

読み上げる

よみあげる

to finish reading

票読み

ひょうよみ

announcing the number of votes cast (for each candidate)

読み取る

よみとる

to read and understand

読み手

よみて

composer (of a poem)

読みきる

よみきる

to finish reading

読み聞かせる

よみきかせる

to read aloud to another

一読

いちどく

perusal

代読

だいどく

reading for another

読解

どっかい

reading comprehension

速読

そくどく

speed reading

読み上げ算

よみあげざん

having the figures read aloud by another person

読破

どくは

reading through (a book)

素読

そどく

reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it

読み直す

よみなおす

to read (a book, etc.) over again

本読み

ほんよみ

avid reader

再読

さいどく

reading a single kanji twice (with different pronunciations) in kanbun

熟読

じゅくどく

careful reading

読み応え

よみごたえ

worthwhile reading

棒読み

ぼうよみ

reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

乱読

らんどく

indiscriminate reading

定期購読

ていきこうどく

subscription (e.g. to a magazine)

サバを読む

さばをよむ

to manipulate figures to one's advantage

ズージャ読み

ズージャよみ

reverse reading of kana (e.g. "shisu" instead of "sushi")

愛読者

あいどくしゃ

subscriber

愛読書

あいどくしょ

favourite book

暗号解読

あんごうかいどく

cryptanalysis

一点読み

いってんよみ

prediction of another player's winning tile or yaku

一読三嘆

いちどくさんたん

a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration

一読呆然

いちどくぼうぜん

a (single) reading (a perusal) leaves one dumbfounded

詠み人

よみびと

composer (of a poem)

閲読

えつどく

reading

下読み

したよみ

preparatory reading

可読

かどく

readable

可読性

かどくせい

readability

会読

かいどく

reading-and-discussion meeting

解読キー

かいどくキー

decryption key

回し読み

まわしよみ

reading a book in turn

回読

かいどく

read in turn

完読

かんどく

finishing reading

慣用読み

かんようよみ

reading (of a word) that has become accepted through popular usage

漢文訓読

かんぶんくんどく

reading a classical Chinese text in Japanese

漢文訓読文

かんぶんくんどくぶん

kanbun converted into literary Japanese

丸読み

まるよみ

taking turns reading out loud

既読

きどく

already read

既読スルー

きどくスルー

reading but not responding to a text message (in a chat application)

機械可読

きかいかどく

machine-readable

逆さ読み

さかさよみ

reading a word backwards (often to make slang)

逆読み

ぎゃくよみ

backward reading

逆方向読取り

ぎゃくほうこうよみとり

backward reading

句読

くとう

breaks and pauses (in a sentence)

句読文字

くとうもじ

punctuation character

句読法

くとうほう

punctuation rules

空で読む

そらでよむ

to recite from memory

空気が読めない

くうきがよめない

unable to read the situation

空気を読む

くうきをよむ

to read the situation

空気を読めない

くうきをよめない

unable to read the situation

空気読めない

くうきよめない

unable to read the situation

訓読

くんどく

kun'yomi (native Japanese reading of a kanji)

訓読文

くんどくぶん

kanbun converted into literary Japanese

月読

つくよみ

Tsukuyomi (god of the Moon in Shinto and mythology)

故実読み

こじつよみ

historic customary reading of a kanji word

誤読

ごどく

misreading

交読

こうどく

reading responsively