Word Meaning 読み方

よみかた yomikata

読み方 is read as よみかた (yomikata) and means way of reading (out loud).

Meaning

English

  1. way of reading (out loud)
  2. interpretation (e.g. of a text)
  3. reading
  4. pronunciation
  5. reading (e.g. of a kanji)

Reading

Kana

よみかた

Romaji

yomikata

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 書き方 Rank 5625 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

逆方向読取り

ぎゃくほうこうよみとり

backward reading

順方向読取り

じゅんほうこうよみとり

forward reading

読者

どくしゃ

reader

読売

よみうり

Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group)

読み物

よみもの

reading matter

読み手

よみて

composer (of a poem)

読み切る

よみきる

to finish reading

四方

しほう

four sides (of a square)

東方

とうほう

eastern direction

西方

せいほう

Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

一方

いっぽう

on the one hand

見方

みかた

way of appreciating (e.g. opera)

Example Sentences

8

よみかたをおしえてください。

Please tell me how to read it.

No one knew how to read.

No one knew how to read.

Tom taught me how to read.

The children are learning to tell time.

Kanji have multiple pronunciations in Japanese.

There are two ways to pronounce kanji: the Chinese-derived reading and the Japanese reading.

We learned how to read French at school, but not how to speak it.