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読む
Readings
よむ 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
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 Progressive 読んでいる, 読んでいます [doing], to be [doing] 読んでいない, 読んでいません not [doing] Volitional 読もう, 読みましょう let's [do]!, I/we will [do], I/we intend to [do] 読むまい, 読みますまい I will not [do], I do not intend to [do] Imperative 読め, 読みなさい [do] ! 読むな, 読みなさるな don't [do] ! Request 読んでください please [do] 読まないでください please don't [do] Provisional 読めば if X [does], if X [is ~] 読まなければ if X doesn't [do], if X [is not ~] Conditional 読んだら, 読みましたら if X were to [do], when X [does] 読まなかったら, 読みませんでしたら if X weren't to [do], when X doesn't [do] Potential 読める, 読めます be able to [do], can [do] 読めない, 読めません not be able to [do], can't [do] Passive, Respectful 読まれる, 読まれます is [done] (by ...), will be [done] (by ...) 読まれない, 読まれません isn't [done] (by ...), will not be [done] (by ...) Causative 読ませる, 読ませます makes/will make (someone) [do] 読ませない, 読ませません doesn't/won't make (someone) [do] Causative passive 読ませられる, 読ませられます is made/will be made to [do] (by someone) 読ませられない, 読ませられません isn't made/won't be made to [do] (by someone) ~たい form 読みたい want to [do] 読みたくない don't want to [do]