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読よみ取とる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to read and understand; to take in
It seemed as if he had understood the meaning in an instant.
2. to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind
I could not read any emotion from that face.
3. to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code); to read (out)
Alt. forms
読よみ取とる
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読よみとる
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読よみ取とる
Kanji used
読
read
取
take
Pitch accent
よ
みとる
よ
みと
る
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Conjugations...Used in: 2395
Composed of
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to read between the lines
Examples (10 in total)
One cannot read people's minds.
It could be read from their expressions.
I could not read any emotion from that face.
It seemed as if he had understood the meaning in an instant.
I read a womanly expression on her face.
Because it was far away and it was night, I could not read the characters written there.
I couldn't read any emotion at all in those eyes, and it was creepy.
Our eyes met for just a moment, but I could not discern the true meaning of the words.
People read emotions and scenes into the changes in the characters they see.
If you read between the lines, this letter is a request for money.