速読

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
速 読
そく
Grade: 3 		どく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
速讀 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

速(そく)読(どく) • (sokudoku) 

  1. speedreading

Verb

速(そく)読(どく)する • (sokudoku suru) suru (stem 速(そく)読(どく)し (sokudoku shi), past 速(そく)読(どく)した (sokudoku shita))

  1. to speedread
    • 2015 September 21, Daniel Morales, “When translation gets tough, bow to the ‘Green Goddess’”, in The Japan Times‎ (in English), retrieved 2023-04-11:
      I generally sokudoku (速読, skim/speed-read) and try to understand everything from bunmyaku (文脈, context)

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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