読み
よみ
reading (of a kanji); one's reading of a situation
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Examples
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.
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?
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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