JLPT N1 · Verb

読み上げる (yomiageru)

読み上げる (よみあげる, yomiageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to read out; to read aloud”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
よみあげる
Romaji
yomiageru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to read out; to read aloud; to call out · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to finish reading; to read through · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

私は彼らに向かってそれを読み上げる以外に仕方がなかった。
I had no choice but to read it out to them.

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

Conjugation of 読み上げる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary読み上げるよみあげる yomiageru
Polite (~masu)読み上げますよみあげます yomiagemasu
Negative読み上げないよみあげない yomiagenai
Polite negative読み上げませんよみあげません yomiagemasen
Past読み上げたよみあげた yomiageta
Polite past読み上げましたよみあげました yomiagemashita
Negative past読み上げなかったよみあげなかった yomiagenakatta
Te-form読み上げてよみあげて yomiagete
Potential読み上げられるよみあげられる yomiagerareru
Passive読み上げられるよみあげられる yomiagerareru
Causative読み上げさせるよみあげさせる yomiagesaseru
Volitional読み上げようよみあげよう yomiageyou
Imperative読み上げろよみあげろ yomiagero
Conditional (~ba)読み上げればよみあげれば yomiagereba

Kanji in 読み上げる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 読み上げる.

Source: JMdict entry 1456260 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.