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読み

よみ

reading (of a kanji); one's reading of a situation

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Examples

  1. この漢字の読みが分かりません。

    このかんじのよみがわかりません。

    I don't know how to read this kanji.

  2. お名前の読みを教えてください。

    おなまえのよみをおしえてください。

    Could you tell me how your name is read?

  3. 相手の次の手を考えた彼の読みは正しかった。

    あいてのつぎのてをかんがえたかれのよみはただしかった。

    His reading of his opponent's next move was correct.

Common patterns

漢字の読み
the reading of a kanji
読み方
how to read (something)
読みが深い
to have deep insight

Memory tip

Noun from 読む. Usually it means pronunciation — 音読み and 訓読み — but it also means reading a situation, as in a chess or shogi player's foresight.

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