よむ

読む

read

yomu

Quiz

JLPT: N5
Frequency: #693

Meanings

1
to readu-verb (む)transitive
2
to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chantu-verb (む)transitive
3
to predict; to guess; to forecastu-verb (む)transitive

JMdict 1456360

Conjugation

Form	Conjugated	Reading
Polite Present (~masu)	読みますよみます	よみます
Polite Past (~mashita)	読みましたよみました	よみました
Polite Negative (~masen)	読みませんよみません	よみません
Plain Negative (~nai)	読まないよまない	よまない
Te-form (Connecting)	読んでよんで	よんで
Plain Past (~ta)	読んだよんだ	よんだ
Potential (Can do)	読めるよめる	よめる

In a sentence

How it works

Here の (that act) turns a whole verb phrase into a noun: 読む(よむ) (read) plus の (that act) means “the act of reading”. を (object) marks what is read (本(ほん) (book)), and が (subject) marks that whole reading-act as the thing the speaker 好き(すき) (like)s.

Written with

読read14 strokes

よむ

読む

read

yomu

Quiz

JLPT: N5
Frequency: #693

Meanings

1
to readu-verb (む)transitive
2
to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chantu-verb (む)transitive
3
to predict; to guess; to forecastu-verb (む)transitive

JMdict 1456360

Conjugation

Form	Conjugated	Reading
Polite Present (~masu)	読みますよみます	よみます
Polite Past (~mashita)	読みましたよみました	よみました
Polite Negative (~masen)	読みませんよみません	よみません
Plain Negative (~nai)	読まないよまない	よまない
Te-form (Connecting)	読んでよんで	よんで
Plain Past (~ta)	読んだよんだ	よんだ
Potential (Can do)	読めるよめる	よめる

In a sentence

How it works

Written with

読read14 strokes