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  1. Words
  2. 読書

どくしょ

読書

N3

reading

dokusho

Quiz
JLPT
N3
Frequency
#2,863

Meanings

  1. 1
    reading (books)nountakes する

JMdict 1456420

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~masu)
します
します
Polite Past (~mashita)
しました
しました
Polite Negative (~masen)
しません
しません
Plain Negative (~nai)
しない
しない
Te-form (Connecting)
して
して
Plain Past (~ta)
した
した
Potential (Can do)
できる
できる

In a sentence

読書(どくしょ)readingが好(す)きlikeです

I love reading

How it works

With “like” words, Japanese marks what is liked with が (subject), not an object particle: 読書(どくしょ) (reading) is the thing liked, and 好き(すき) (like) is really an adjective (“likeable”) rather than a verb. Polite です (is) rounds it off.

Written with

  • 読read14 strokes
  • 書write10 strokes

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