空気を読む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
空 気 読
くう
Grade: 1 		き
Grade: 1 		よ
Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
空氣を讀む (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Verb

空(くう)気(き)を読(よ)む • (kūki o yomu) godan (stem 空(くう)気(き)を読(よ)み (kūki o yomi), past 空(くう)気(き)を読(よ)んだ (kūki o yonda))

  1. to sense or guess the mood or atmosphere of one's surroundings; to read the room

Conjugation

Conjugation of "空気を読む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 空気を読ま くうきをよま kūki o yoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 空気を読み くうきをよみ kūki o yomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 空気を読む くうきをよむ kūki o yomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 空気を読む くうきをよむ kūki o yomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 空気を読め くうきをよめ kūki o yome
Meireikei ("imperative") 空気を読め くうきをよめ kūki o yome
Key constructions
Passive 空気を読まれる くうきをよまれる kūki o yomareru
Causative 空気を読ませる
空気を読ます 		くうきをよませる
くうきをよます 		kūki o yomaseru
kūki o yomasu
Potential 空気を読める くうきをよめる kūki o yomeru
Volitional 空気を読もう くうきをよもう kūki o yomō
Negative 空気を読まない くうきをよまない kūki o yomanai
Negative continuative 空気を読まず くうきをよまず kūki o yomazu
Formal 空気を読みます くうきをよみます kūki o yomimasu
Perfective 空気を読んだ くうきをよんだ kūki o yonda
Conjunctive 空気を読んで くうきをよんで kūki o yonde
Hypothetical conditional 空気を読めば くうきをよめば kūki o yomeba

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