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読む, よむ

Conjugated: 読ませて

Godan verb, Transitive

1. to read

See さばを読む, now mostly used in idioms

2. to count

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

いつも本を読んでいるうちに眠ってしまう。

ください, 下さい

Expression, Usually in kana, Honorific or respectful

1. please (give me)

after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-

2. please (do for me)

あなたの切手帳を見せてください。

くださる, 下さる

Conjugated: ください

Godan verb, Honorific or respectful, Usually in kana

1. to give, to confer, to bestow

2. to kindly do for one, to oblige, to favour, to favor

もう一度言ってくださいますか。