Word Meaning 読み下し

よみくだし yomikudashi

読み下し is read as よみくだし (yomikudashi) and means reading a text from start to finish.

Meaning

English

reading a text from start to finish
transliterating classical Chinese into Japanese

Reading

Kana

よみくだし

Romaji

yomikudashi

Writing Variants

訓み下し よみくだし yomikudashi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 131943 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

読み下し文

よみくだしぶん

transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese

下読み

したよみ

preparatory reading

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)

読み

よみ

reading

読む

よむ

to decipher

読み書き

よみかき

reading and writing

読みにくい

よみにくい

hard to read

読み上げる

よみあげる

to finish reading

読み聞かせる

よみきかせる

to read aloud to another

下し

くだし

evacuation

上げ下ろし

あげおろし

loading and unloading (cargo)