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expressions (phrases Godan verb with 'mu' ending
idiomatic expression
to manipulate figures to one's advantage ; to count wrongly on purpose ; to inflate or deflate one's age
Other forms
鯖を読む 【さばをよむ】 · さばを読む 【さばをよむ】 (search-only kanji form)
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending transitive verb leer
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending transitive verb to read
ミルトンの作品を読んだことがありますか。
Have you ever read Milton's works?
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending transitive verb to recite (e.g. a sutra) ; to chant
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending transitive verb to predict ; to guess ; to forecast ; to read (someone's thoughts) ; to see (e.g. into someone's heart) ; to divine
彼女の心の動きを読むことさえできなかった。
I could not even make a guess at the working of her mind.
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending transitive verb to pronounce ; to read (e.g. a kanji)
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending transitive verb to decipher ; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.) ; to tell (the time)
私の頭は楽譜を読むようにはよく慣らされて居りますが、どうも暗号を読むには適しません。
My mind is quite accustomed to reading music, but deciphering secret codes is not its forte.
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending transitive verb to count ; to estimate
now mostly used in idioms
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending transitive verb to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
also written as 訓む
Other forms
讀む 【よむ】 (search-only kanji form) · 訓む 【よむ】 (search-only kanji form)
