読み下し

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
くだ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
讀み下し (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

()(くだ) (yomikudashi

  1. reading from start to finish
  2. reading a Classical Chinese text as Japanese (using the kanbun kundoku technique)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN