Meanings
Verb (5-dan, む, transitive)
1. to read
2. to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
3. to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
4. to decipher
5. to count; to estimate
now mostly used in idioms
6. to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
also written as 訓む
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
to read avidly
to read between the lines
to reread; to read again
to lead (a man) around by the nose
to recite from memory
Examples (200 in total)
Read this.
If you don't want to read, then don't read.
What are you reading?