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JLPT N3 · Noun

読み (yomi)

読み (よみ, yomi) is a Japanese noun meaning “reading”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
よみ
Romaji
yomi
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. reading · noun
  2. reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading) · noun · also written 訓み
  3. reading (e.g. of a situation); insight; judgment; interpretation; prediction · noun

Example sentences

この厚い本は１週間では読み終えられない。
I cannot finish reading this thick book in a week.
Tatoeba #221992

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 読み

読
readドク・トク・よ.む・-よ.み · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 読み.

読むよむto read読書どくしょreading (books)句読点くとうてんpunctuation mark購読こうどくbuying and reading (book, magazine, etc.)朗読ろうどくreading aloud読み上げるよみあげるto read out講読こうどくreading

Source: JMdict entry 1456130 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.