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読む
読む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 読 |
|
よ(む) Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
読む (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 讀む, transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よむ, romaji yomu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "読む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 読ま | よま | yoma |
| Continuative (連用形) | 読み | よみ | yomi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 読む | よむ | yomu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 読む | よむ | yomu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 読め | よめ | yome |
| Imperative (命令形) | 読め | よめ | yome |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 読まれる | よまれる | yomareru |
| Causative | 読ませる 読ます |
よませる よます |
yomaseru yomasu |
| Potential | 読める | よめる | yomeru |
| Volitional | 読もう | よもう | yomō |
| Negative | 読まない | よまない | yomanai |
| Negative continuative | 読まず | よまず | yomazu |
| Formal | 読みます | よみます | yomimasu |
| Perfective | 読んだ | よんだ | yonda |
| Conjunctive | 読んで | よんで | yonde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 読めば | よめば | yomeba |
See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.