yomu

Godan Verb (mu)

1. to read

Transitive
ミルトンの作品さくひんんだことがありますか。
mirutonno sakuhin'o yonda kotoga arimasuka.
Have you ever read Milton's works?
Godan Verb (mu)

2. to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant

Transitive
Godan Verb (mu)

3. to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

Transitive
彼女かのじょこころうごきをむことさえできなかった。
kanojono kokorono ugokio yomu kotosae dekinakatta.
I could not even make a guess at the working of her mind.
Godan Verb (mu)

4. to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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Godan Verb (mu)

5. to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)

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わたくしあたま楽譜がくふむようにはよくらされてりますが、どうも暗号あんごうむにはてきしません。
watashino atamawa gakufuo yomu yōniwa yoku narasarete irimasugado omo angōo yomuniwa tekishimasen
My mind is quite accustomed to reading music, but deciphering secret codes is not its forte.
Godan Verb (mu)

6. to count; to estimate

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Related to サバを読む
Godan Verb (mu)

7. to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

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