| 本読み | ほんよみ | (n) good reader/scenario reading/ |
| 積ん読 | つんどく
| buying books and not reading them/ |
| 一読 | いちどく
| (n) perusal/one reading/ |
| 多読 | たどく
| (n) wide (extensive) reading/ |
| 副読本 | ふくとくほん | (n) supplementary reader/ |
| 可読 | かどく
| (adj-na,n) readable/ |
| 濫読 | らんどく
| (n) indiscriminate reading/ |
| 走り読み | はしりよみ
| (n) skimming through/scanning (reading
matter)/ |
| 黙読 | もくどく | (n,vs) reading silently/ |
| 未読 | みどく
| (adj-na,n) not yet read/ |
| 判読し難い | はんどくしがたい | illegible/ |
| 直読 | ちょくどく | (n) reading (Chinese) without syntactical rearrangement
into Japanese/ |
| 会読 | かいどく | (n) reading-and-discussion meeting/ |
| 貪り読む | むさぼりよむ | (v5) to read a book avidly/ |
| 漫読 | まんどく
| (n) browsing/ |
| 音で読む | おんでよむ
| to read kanji in the on reading/ |
| 解読 | かいどく
| (n,vs) deciphering/decoding/ |
| 訓読み | くんよみ
| (n) kun-yomi (Japanese reading of
character)/(P)/ |
| 購読 | こうどく | (n,vs) subscription (e.g. magazine)/(P)/ |
| 愛読者 | あいどくしゃ | (n) subscriber/reader/admirer/ |
| 回読 | かいどく
| (n) read in turn/circulate a book (among
friends)/ |
| 暗号解読 | あんごうかいどく | cryptanalysis/ |
| 通読 | つうどく | (n,vs) reading through/reading over/ |
| 抜き読み | ぬきよみ
| (n) skimming a text/ |
| 棒読み | ぼうよみ
| (n) reading in a monotone/reading a Chinese
classical text without translating it into Japanese/ |
| 併読 | へいどく
| (n) secondary reading/ |
| 湯桶読み | ゆとうよみ
| (n) mixed kun-on reading (cf.
juubakoyomi)/ |
| 句読点 | くとうてん
| (n) punctuation marks/(P)/ |
| 誤読 | ごどく
| (n,vs) misreading/misinterpreting/ |
| 下読み | したよみ
| (n) rehearsal (of play)/preparatory
reading/lesson study/ |
| 回し読み | まわしよみ | reading a book in turn/ |
| 輪読 | りんどく
| (n) reading in turns/ |
| 句読 | くとう
| (n) punctuation/pause/ |
| 難読 | なんどく
| (n) difficult to read (e.g. obscure
kanji)/ |
| 交読 | こうどく | (vs) reading responsively/ |
| 判読 | はんどく
| (n) decipherment/interpretation/making
out/ |
| 晴耕雨読 | せいこううどく | (n) working in the field in fine weather and reading at
home in rainy weather/living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and
intellectual pursuits/ |
| 必読書 | ひつどくしょ
| must book/ |
| 愛読 | あいどく
| (n,vs) reading with pleasure/(P)/ |
| 耽読 | たんどく | (n) absorption in reading/ |
| 文字読取り装置 | もじよみとりそうち
| character reader/ |
| 票を読む | ひょうをよむ
| (exp) to count the votes/ |
| 購読者 | こうどくしゃ | subscriber/ |
| 侍読 | じどく | (n) imperial tutor/ |
| 素読 | そどく
| (n) reading without comprehending/ |
| 奉読 | ほうどく
| (n) respectful reading/ |
| 漢文訓読 | かんぶんくんどく
| (vs) reading a Chinese text in
Japanese/ |
| 鯖を読む | さばをよむ | (exp,v5) to
manipulate figures to one's advantage/ |
| 訓読 | くんどく
| (n,vs) reading a Chinese text (kanbun) in
Japanese/ |
| 可読性 | かどくせい
| (n) readability/legibility/ |
| 盗み読み | ぬすみよみ
| (n) reading surreptitiously/ |
| 一読の値が有る | いちどくのあたいがあ
る | (exp) to be worth reading/ |
| 味読 | みどく
| (n,vs) appreciating a book/perusal/ |
| 副読本 | ふくどくほん
| (n) supplementary reader/ |
| 熟読 | じゅくどく
| (n,vs) perusal/careful reading/ |
| 宙で読む | ちゅうでよむ
| to recite from memory/ |
| 代読 | だいどく
| (n) reading for another/ |
| 符号解読 | ふごうかいどく
| decoding/ |
| 閲読 | えつどく
| (n,vs) reading/perusal/ |
| 経を読む | きょうをよむ
| (exp) to chant a sutra/ |
| 再び読む | ふたたびよむ
| to reread/to read again/ |
| 秒読み | びょうよみ
| (n) countdown/(P)/ |
| 文読む月日 | ふみよむつきひ
| days of reading/ |
| 拝読 | はいどく
| (n,vs) reading/ |
| 音読み | おんよみ
| (n) on (Chinese) reading of
kanji/(P)/ |
| さばを読む | さばをよむ | (exp,v5) to
manipulate figures to one's advantage/ |
| 素読み | すよみ
| (n) reading without comprehending/reading a
second draft without checking it against the original/ |
| 精読 | せいどく
| (n,vs) intensive reading/conning/ |
| 句読法 | くとうほう | (n) punctuation/(P)/ |
| 訳読 | やくどく
| (n) reading and translating/ |
| 朗読 | ろうどく
| (n) reading aloud/recitation/(P)/ |
| 愛読書 | あいどくしょ | (n) a favourite book/ |
| 速読 | そくどく
| (n) speed reading/ |
| 査読 | さどく
| (n) investigative reading/research/ |
| 立ち読み | たちよみ | (n) reading while standing (in a
bookstore)/(P)/ |
| 講読 | こうどく | (n,vs) reading/translation/ |
| 重箱読み | じゅうばこよみ | corrupt pronunciation (on-kun mixture)/ |
| 音読 | おんどく
| (n,vs) reading aloud/(P)/ |
| 必読 | ひつどく
| (n) should be read by all/(P)/ |
| 交読文 | こうどくぶん | responsive readings/ |
| 楽譜を読む | がくふをよむ | (exp) to read music/ |
| 拾い読み | ひろいよみ
| (n,vs) reading here and there/skimming
through/ |
| 人の心を読む | ひとのこころをよ
む | (exp) to read a person's thoughts/to guess
what a person is thinking/ |
| 購読料 | こうどくりょう
| subscription charge/(P)/ |
| 票読み | ひょうよみ
| (n,vs) estimation of votes/ |
| 再読 | さいどく
| (n,vs) rereading/ |
| 譜を読む | ふをよむ
| (exp) to read music/ |
| 乱読 | らんどく
| (n) reading unsystematically/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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