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| This kanji has 14 strokes: 7 strokes in the "say" radical 言 (ことば) and 7 other strokes | ||
| Sample Compounds (200): | ||
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1.
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愛読 あいどく |
reading with pleasure |
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2.
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読む よむ |
to read |
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3.
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句読点 くとうてん |
punctuation mark(s) |
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4.
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読み よみ |
reading |
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5.
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読み取り よみとり |
reading (e.g. by a scanner) |
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6.
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必読 ひつどく |
should be read by all |
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7.
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訓読み くんよみ |
kun-yomi (Japanese reading of character) |
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8.
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読者 どくしゃ |
reader |
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9.
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立ち読み たちよみ |
reading while standing (in a bookstore) |
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10.
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音読 おんどく |
reading aloud, on''yomi (adopted Chinese reading of a kanji) |
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11.
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読み物 よみもの |
reading matter, reading material |
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12.
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秒読み びょうよみ |
countdown |
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13.
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音読み おんよみ |
on (Chinese) reading of kanji |
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14.
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積ん読 つんどく |
buying books and not reading them |
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15.
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朗読 ろうどく |
reading aloud, recitation |
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16.
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読み書き よみかき |
reading and writing |
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17.
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購読 こうどく |
subscription (e.g. magazine) |
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18.
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読み上げる よみあげる |
to read out loud (and clearly), to call a roll |
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19.
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読売 よみうり |
Yomiuri (newspaper) |
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20.
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読み返す よみかえす |
to reread, to read again |
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21.
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読み方 よみかた |
way of reading, how to read |
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22.
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読本 とくほん |
reading-book |
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23.
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解読 かいどく |
deciphering, decoding |
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24.
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読書 どくしょ |
reading |
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25.
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査読 さどく |
investigative reading, research |
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26.
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読み辛い よみづらい |
hard to read |
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27.
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読本 どくほん |
reading-book |
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28.
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回し読み まわしよみ |
reading a book in turn |
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29.
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読み過ごす よみすごす |
to skip over, to miss reading |
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30.
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読書の面白味を味わう どくしょのおもしろみをあじわう |
to appreciate the pleasures of reading |
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31.
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併読 へいどく |
secondary reading |
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32.
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さばを読む さばをよむ |
to manipulate figures to one''s advantage |
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33.
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代読 だいどく |
reading for another |
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34.
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読み流す よみながす |
to read smoothly, to skim |
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35.
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再び読む ふたたびよむ |
to reread, to read again |
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36.
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読み進む よみすすむ |
to go on reading |
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37.
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読了 どくりょう |
finish reading |
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38.
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回読 かいどく |
read in turn, circulate a book (among friends) |
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39.
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読み掛ける よみかける |
to begin to read, to leaf through a book |
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40.
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読書家 どくしょか |
avid reader, bookworm |
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41.
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返読点 へんどくてん |
word-order marks used to assist reading of Chinese classics |
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42.
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そらで読む そらでよむ |
recite from memory |
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43.
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耽読 たんどく |
absorption in reading |
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44.
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読み良い よみよい |
easy to read |
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45.
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再読 さいどく |
rereading |
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46.
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読み人 よみびと |
(poetic) author |
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47.
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読誦 どくしょう |
reading aloud, recitation, intoning |
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48.
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楽譜を読む がくふをよむ |
to read music |
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49.
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読み誤る よみあやまる |
to misread, to mispronounce |
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50.
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読書会 どくしょかい |
a reading circle |
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51.
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奉読 ほうどく |
respectful reading |
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52.
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宙で読む ちゅうでよむ |
to recite from memory |
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53.
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鯖を読む さばをよむ |
to manipulate figures to one''s advantage |
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54.
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読み人知らず よみびとしらず |
author unknown, anonymous, unknown waka composer |
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55.
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読誦 どくじゅ |
reading aloud, recitation, intoning |
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56.
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慣用読み かんようよみ |
reading of a word or kanji using its customary pronunciation (which is not necessarily correct) |
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57.
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読み合せる よみあわせる |
to read out and compare or collate |
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58.
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読書界 どくしょかい |
the reading public |
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59.
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棒読み ぼうよみ |
reading in a monotone, reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese |
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60.
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愛読者 あいどくしゃ |
subscriber, reader, admirer |
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61.
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直読 ちょくどく |
reading (Chinese) without syntactical rearrangement into Japanese |
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62.
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読過 どっか |
finish reading, skim (over) |
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63.
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侍読 じどく |
imperial tutor |
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64.
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読み切り よみきり |
finish reading, finish reading in one session |
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65.
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難読 なんどく |
difficult to read (e.g. obscure kanji) |
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66.
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漢文訓読 かんぶんくんどく |
reading a Chinese text in Japanese |
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67.
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読み合わせる よみあわせる |
to read out and compare or collate |
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68.
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読書三到 どくしょさんとう |
using mind, mouth and eyes to understand a book fully |
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69.
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本読み ほんよみ |
good reader, scenario reading |
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70.
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愛読書 あいどくしょ |
favourite book, favorite book |
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71.
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通読 つうどく |
reading through, reading over |
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72.
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読会 どっかい |
reading (of a bill) |
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73.
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失読症 しつどくしょう |
dyslexia |
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74.
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読み切る よみきる |
to finish reading, to read through |
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75.
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難読語 なんどくご |
difficult word |
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76.
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既読 きどく |
already read |
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77.
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読み込む よみこむ |
to express (e.g. emotion in poetry), to read (extra meaning) into (something), to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.), to read (data into a system) |
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78.
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読書三昧 どくしょざんまい |
be absorbed in reading |
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79.
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漫読 まんどく |
browsing |
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80.
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暗号解読 あんごうかいどく |
cryptanalysis |
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81.
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盗み読み ぬすみよみ |
reading surreptitiously |
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82.
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読解 どっかい |
reading comprehension |
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83.
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斜め読み ななめよみ |
skim reading, diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code) |
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84.
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読み損う よみそこなう |
to misread, to mispronounce |
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85.
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日読みの酉 ひよみのとり |
kanji "bird of the zodiac" radical (radical 164) |
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86.
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句読 くとう |
punctuation, pause |
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87.
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読み札 よみふだ |
cards with words or phrases written on them, used in Japanese karuta games |
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88.
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読書三余 どくしょさんよ |
winter, night, and rainy weather, the ideal conditions for reading |
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89.
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味読 みどく |
appreciating a book, perusal |
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90.
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一読 いちどく |
perusal, one reading |
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91.
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湯桶読み ゆとうよみ |
mixed kun-on reading (cf. juubakoyomi) |
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92.
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読解力 どっかいりょく |
reading comprehension, ability to read and understand |
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93.
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拾い読み ひろいよみ |
reading here and there, browsing, skimming through |
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94.
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読み損じる よみそんじる |
to fail to read correctly |
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95.
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拝読 はいどく |
reading |
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96.
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読み止しの本 よみさしのほん |
unfinished book |
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97.
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読書室 どくしょしつ |
a reading room |
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98.
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未読 みどく |
not yet read |
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99.
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一読の価値がある いちどくのかちがある |
to be worth reading |
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100.
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読掛ける よみかける |
to begin to read, to leaf through a book |
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101.
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縦読み たてよみ |
reading vertically down horizontal text (e.g. as a simple code) |
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102.
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読み替える よみかえる |
to read a kanji with a different pronunciation |
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103.
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抜き読み ぬきよみ |
skimming a text |
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104.
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句読法 くとうほう |
punctuation rules |
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105.
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読み止す よみさす |
to leave half-read or unfinished |
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106.
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読書人 どくしょじん |
avid reader |
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107.
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黙読 もくどく |
reading silently |
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108.
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一読の価値が有る いちどくのかちがある |
to be worth reading |
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109.
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読みかける よみかける |
to begin to read, to leaf through a book |
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110.
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読響 よみきょう |
Yomiuri Symphony |
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111.
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重箱読み じゅうばこよみ |
mixed on-kun reading |
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112.
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読み耽ける よみふける |
to be absorbed in reading |
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113.
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判読 はんどく |
decipherment, interpretation, making out |
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114.
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空で読む そらでよむ |
recite from memory |
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115.
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読書百遍 どくしょひゃっぺん |
Repeated reading (makes the meaning clear), Reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning) |
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116.
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門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ |
expression meaning that you learn, without realising it, from what is around you, a saint''s maid quotes Latin, lit: the young monk before the gate can read sutra without studying them |
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117.
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一読三嘆 いちどくさんたん |
a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration |
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118.
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読みさしの本 よみさしのほん |
unfinished book |
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119.
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読経 どきょう |
sutra chanting |
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120.
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熟読 じゅくどく |
perusal, careful reading |
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121.
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読み耽る よみふける |
to be absorbed in reading |
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122.
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判読し難い はんどくしがたい |
illegible |
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123.
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空気を読む くうきをよむ |
to read between the lines, to read the situation, to sense the mood |
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124.
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読み取り機 よみとりき |
(comp) (computer) reader, reading device |
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125.
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読書力 どくしょりょく |
reading ability |
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126.
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訳読 やくどく |
oral translation, reading and translating |
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127.
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一読三歎 いちどくさんたん |
a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration |
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128.
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読みづらい よみづらい |
hard to read |
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129.
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読後 どくご |
after reading a book |
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130.
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熟読玩味 じゅくどくがんみ |
reading carefully with appreciation, giving (something) a careful perusal |
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131.
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読み直す よみなおす |
to read (a book, etc.) over again |
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132.
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訓読 くんどく |
kun''yomi (native Japanese reading of a kanji), reading a Chinese text (kanbun) in Japanese |
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133.
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読み取る よみとる |
to read (someone''s) mind, to read between the lines, to read (a calibration, a tape, etc.) |
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134.
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読唇術 どくしんじゅつ |
lip reading |
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135.
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乱読 らんどく |
reading unsystematically |
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136.
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一読呆然 いちどくぼうぜん |
a (single) reading (a perusal) leaves one dumbfounded |
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137.
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読みにくい よみにくい |
hard to read, illegible |
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138.
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読後感 どくごかん |
one''s impressions after reading a book |
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139.
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深読み ふかよみ |
reading too much into (what he says) |
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140.
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読み難い よみにくい |
hard to read, illegible |
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141.
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必読書 ひつどくしょ |
"must have" book, required reading |
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142.
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読み手 よみて |
reader (person) |
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143.
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読心術 どくしんじゅつ |
mind reading |
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144.
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濫読 らんどく |
indiscriminate reading |
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145.
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閲読 えつどく |
reading, perusal |
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146.
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読みやすい よみやすい |
easy to read, legible, clear |
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147.
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人の心を読む ひとのこころをよむ |
to read a person''s thoughts, to guess what a person is thinking |
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148.
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読み破る よみやぶる |
to read through (difficult passage or particularly long book) |
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149.
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票を読む ひょうをよむ |
to count the votes |
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150.
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経を読む きょうをよむ |
to chant a sutra |
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151.
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読み終る よみおわる |
to finish reading, to read through |
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152.
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読人知らず よみびとしらず |
author unknown, anonymous, unknown waka composer |
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153.
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音で読む おんでよむ |
to read kanji in the on reading |
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154.
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読みやすさ よみやすさ |
ease of reading, legibility |
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155.
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読者の声 どくしゃのこえ |
readers voice |
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156.
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晴耕雨読 せいこううどく |
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 |
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157.
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読み付けている よみつけている |
to be accustomed to reading |
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158.
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票読み ひょうよみ |
estimation of votes |
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159.
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誤読 ごどく |
misreading, misinterpreting |
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160.
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読み終わる よみおわる |
to finish reading, to read through |
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161.
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読図 どくず |
reading a map |
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162.
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流し読み ながしよみ |
skimming (a book, etc.) |
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163.
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読み悪い よみにくい |
hard to read, illegible |
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164.
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読者数 どくしゃすう |
reader numbers, number of subscribers (e.g. to a magazine) |
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165.
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精読 せいどく |
intensive reading, conning |
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166.
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交読 こうどく |
reading responsively |
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167.
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読み出し よみだし |
(comp) reading, readout (computer) |
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168.
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読替える よみかえる |
to be read as |
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169.
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輪読 りんどく |
reading in turns |
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170.
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読み易い よみやすい |
easy to read, legible, clear |
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171.
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読者層 どくしゃそう |
class of readers |
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172.
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読み聞かす よみきかす |
to read to (for) someone |
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173.
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符号解読 ふごうかいどく |
decoding |
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174.
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交読文 こうどくぶん |
responsive readings |
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175.
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読み出す よみだす |
to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process), to retrieve |
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176.
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読点 とうてん |
comma |
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177.
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下読み したよみ |
rehearsal (of play), preparatory reading, lesson study |
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178.
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読み応え よみごたえ |
worthwhile reading |
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179.
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読者欄 どくしゃらん |
reader''s column |
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180.
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素読 そどく |
reading without comprehending |
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181.
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読み聞かせる よみきかせる |
to read aloud to another |
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182.
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譜を読む ふをよむ |
to read music |
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183.
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講読 こうどく |
reading, translation |
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184.
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読破 どくは |
finish reading a book |
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185.
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貪り読む むさぼりよむ |
to read a book avidly |
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186.
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可読 かどく |
readable |
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187.
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読み下し文 よみくだしぶん |
transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese |
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188.
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読取り よみとり |
reading (e.g. by a scanner) |
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189.
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素読み すよみ |
reading without comprehending, reading a second draft without checking it against the original (draught) |
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190.
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読み癖 よみくせ |
idiomatic pronunciation or peculiar reading of a kanji or compound |
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191.
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副読本 ふくとくほん |
supplementary reader |
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192.
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可読性 かどくせい |
readability, legibility |
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193.
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読み下す よみくだす |
to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese |
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194.
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読出し よみだし |
(comp) reading, readout (computer) |
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195.
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走り読み はしりよみ |
skimming through, scanning (reading matter) |
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196.
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副読本 ふくどくほん |
supplementary reader |
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197.
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購読者 こうどくしゃ |
subscriber, reader, buyer |
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198.
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読み上げ算 よみあげざん |
having the figures read aloud by another person, calculation by abacus |
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199.
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読物 よみもの |
reading matter, reading material |
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200.
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会読 かいどく |
reading-and-discussion meeting |