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読む
Readings

yomu
English
Godan verb with 'mu' ending
Transitive verb
to read

Godan verb with 'mu' ending
Transitive verb
to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant

Godan verb with 'mu' ending
Transitive verb
to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine

Godan verb with 'mu' ending
Transitive verb
to decipher

Godan verb with 'mu' ending
Transitive verb
See also: さばを読む
now mostly used in idioms
to count, to estimate

Godan verb with 'mu' ending
Transitive verb
See also: 訓む
also written as 訓む
to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 読む, 読みます
[does], will [do]
読まない, 読みません
doesn't [do], will not [do]
Past 読んだ, 読みました
[did]
読まなかった, 読みませんでした
didn't [do]
Te-form, Continuative 読んで, 読みまして 読まないで, 読みませんで 読まなくて
Kanjis
ON: ドク, トク, トウ KUN: よ.む, -よ.み
read

Stroke: 14 Grade: 2 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 1-7-7 FC: 0461.1


Phrases
彼女の心の動きを読むことさえできなかった。
Parts: 彼女 (かのじょ) (こころ) 動き (うごき) 読む (よむ) (こと) さえ 出来る (できなかった)
I could not even make a guess at the working of her mind.