読みこなす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
読
よ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
讀みこなす (kyūjitai)
読み熟す

Etymology

Compound of 読み (yomi, “to read, 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu)”) +‎ こなす (konasu, “suffix, to do something well, completely”)

Pronunciation

Verb

読(よ)みこなす • (yomikonasu) transitive godan (stem 読(よ)みこなし (yomikonashi), past 読(よ)みこなした (yomikonashita))

  1. to read and be thoroughly understood
    原書(げんしょ)を読(よ)みこなす
    gensho o yomikonasu
    to read the book (in its original language) thoroughly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "読みこなす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 読みこなさ よみこなさ yomikonasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 読みこなし よみこなし yomikonashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 読みこなす よみこなす yomikonasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 読みこなす よみこなす yomikonasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 読みこなせ よみこなせ yomikonase
Meireikei ("imperative") 読みこなせ よみこなせ yomikonase
Key constructions
Passive 読みこなされる よみこなされる yomikonasareru
Causative 読みこなさせる
読みこなさす 		よみこなさせる
よみこなさす 		yomikonasaseru
yomikonasasu
Potential 読みこなせる よみこなせる yomikonaseru
Volitional 読みこなそう よみこなそう yomikonasō
Negative 読みこなさない よみこなさない yomikonasanai
Negative continuative 読みこなさず よみこなさず yomikonasazu
Formal 読みこなします よみこなします yomikonashimasu
Perfective 読みこなした よみこなした yomikonashita
Conjunctive 読みこなして よみこなして yomikonashite
Hypothetical conditional 読みこなせば よみこなせば yomikonaseba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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