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Words with 読

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

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讀書

とくしょ

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

朗読

ろうどく

reading aloud

讀む

よむ

to decipher

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

読み難い

よみにくい

hard to read

つん読

つんどく

books bought but not read

讀賣

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.)

読みもの

よみもの

reading matter

読み取

よみとり

reading (e.g. by a scanner)

解読

かいどく

deciphering

読上げる

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)

読みとる

よみとる

to read and understand

読手

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

読みなおす

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

読みごたえ

よみごたえ

worthwhile reading

棒読み

ぼうよみ

reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

濫読

らんどく

indiscriminate reading

定期購読

ていきこうどく

subscription (e.g. to a magazine)

こころを読む

こころをよむ

to read (someone's) thoughts

さばを読む

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")

そらで読む

そらでよむ

to recite from memory

ひろい読み

ひろいよみ

reading word by word

まる読み

まるよみ

taking turns reading out loud

よみ解く

よみとく

to decipher

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

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

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

訓み下し

よみくだし

reading a text from start to finish

訓み下す

よみくだす

to read (a text) from start to finish

訓読

くんどく

kun'yomi (native Japanese reading of a kanji)