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朗読

ろうどく

reading aloud

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Examples

  1. 詩を朗読した。

    しをろうどくした。

    She read the poem aloud.

  2. 先生が物語を朗読してくれた。

    せんせいがものがたりをろうどくしてくれた。

    The teacher read the story aloud to us.

  3. 朗読会で自作の小説を読んだ。

    ろうどくかいでじさくのしょうせつをよんだ。

    I read my own novel at a recitation event.

Common patterns

詩を朗読する
to recite a poem
朗読会
a public reading
朗読劇
a staged dramatic reading

Memory tip

音読 is reading aloud as practice, for yourself; 朗読 is reading aloud expressively for an audience. 朗 is the 'bright, clear' of 明朗, which hints at the performing voice.

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