本読み (Honyomi): Avid Reader, Bookworm

Meaning

English

avid reader
bookworm
reading a book
reading books
script reading
scenario reading

Reading

Kana

ほんよみ

Romaji

honyomi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 24144 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

読本

とくほん

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

読本

よみほん

yomihon (type of popular literature from the late Edo period)

Example Sentences

3

その本読み終わったの？

Are you through with the book?

その本読み終わったら、あった場所に戻しておいてね。

When you're done with the book, put it back where you found it.

今は本読んでる方が楽しいな。基本的にずっと本読みの部類ではあったけど、読まない時期はあんまり読まないんだよね。今はまたたくさん読む波が来ている感じかな。

I think I'll have more fun reading something now. I was always part of the bookworm group, but there are times when I just don't feel like reading anything. Right now I'm getting lots of "Read! Read!" waves coming at me.

Word Meaning 本読み