朗読

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
朗 読
ろう
Grade: 6 		どく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
朗讀 (kyūjitai)

Noun

朗(ろう)読(どく) • (rōdoku) 

  1. reading a text out loud for an audience
    『銀河鉄道(ぎんがてつどう)の夜(よる)』の朗読(ろうどく)
    “Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru” no rōdoku
    a reading of Night on the Galactic Railroad

Verb

朗(ろう)読(どく)する • (rōdoku suru) transitive suru (stem 朗(ろう)読(どく)し (rōdoku shi), past 朗(ろう)読(どく)した (rōdoku shita))

  1. to read a text out loud for an audience

Conjugation

Conjugation of "朗読する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 朗読し ろうどくし rōdoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 朗読し ろうどくし rōdoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 朗読する ろうどくする rōdoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 朗読する ろうどくする rōdoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 朗読すれ ろうどくすれ rōdoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 朗読せよ¹
朗読しろ² 		ろうどくせよ¹
ろうどくしろ² 		rōdoku seyo¹
rōdoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 朗読される ろうどくされる rōdoku sareru
Causative 朗読させる
朗読さす 		ろうどくさせる
ろうどくさす 		rōdoku saseru
rōdoku sasu
Potential 朗読できる ろうどくできる rōdoku dekiru
Volitional 朗読しよう ろうどくしよう rōdoku shiyō
Negative 朗読しない ろうどくしない rōdoku shinai
Negative continuative 朗読せず ろうどくせず rōdoku sezu
Formal 朗読します ろうどくします rōdoku shimasu
Perfective 朗読した ろうどくした rōdoku shita
Conjunctive 朗読して ろうどくして rōdoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 朗読すれば ろうどくすれば rōdoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

See also

Wikious
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