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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 讀む (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "読む"
| Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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| Stem forms
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Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
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読む
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よむ
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| Imperative (命令形)
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読め
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よめ
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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読まれる
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よまれる
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| Causative
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読ませる
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よませる
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| Potential
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読める
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よめる
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| Volitional
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読もう
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よもー
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| Negative
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読まない
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よまない
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| Negative perfective
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読まなかった
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よまなかった
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| Formal
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読みます
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よみます
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| Perfective
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読んだ
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よんだ
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| Conjunctive
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読んで
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よんで
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| Hypothetical conditional
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読めば
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よめば
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Verb
読む • (yomu) transitive godan (stem 読み (yomi), past 読んだ (yonda))
- to read (look at and interpret written text)
- この本を読みたいです。
- Kono hon o yomitai desu.
- I want to read this book.
- to read (speak aloud written text)
- これなんて読む？
- Kore nan te yomu?
- How do you say this?
- to infer; to speculate
- 相手の手の内を読む
- aite no te no uchi o yomu
- to guess the opponent's plan
- 相手の出方を読みそこねた
- aite no dekata o yomisokoneta
- We could not read their intentions.
- to count
- 票を読む
- hyō o yomu
- to count votes
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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読ま
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よま
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yoma
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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読み
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よみ
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yomi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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読む
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よむ
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yomu
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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読む
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よむ
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yomu
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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読め
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よめ
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yome
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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読め
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よめ
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yome
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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読まれる
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よまれる
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yomareru
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| Causative
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読ませる
読ます
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よませる
よます
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yomaseru
yomasu
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| Potential
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読める
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よめる
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yomeru
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| Volitional
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読もう
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よもう
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yomō
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| Negative
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読まない
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よまない
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yomanai
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| Negative continuative
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読まず
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よまず
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yomazu
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| Formal
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読みます
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よみます
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yomimasu
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| Perfective
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読んだ
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よんだ
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yonda
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| Conjunctive
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読んで
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よんで
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yonde
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| Hypothetical conditional
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読めば
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よめば
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yomeba
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Derived terms
See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.