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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
讀める (kyūjitai)

The potential form of 読む (yomu, to read).

()める (yomeruichidan (stem () (yome), past ()めた (yometa))

  1. to be legible; readable (able to be read)
    ()める()()いて(くだ)さい。
    Yomeru ji de kaite kudasai.
    Please write in legible letters.
  2. to be pronounceable (able to be pronounced)
    「京」という()は「kin」とも「tin」とも()める
    ” to iu ji wa “kin” to mo “tin” to mo yomeru.
    The character "" is pronounceable as both "kin" and "tin".
  3. to be predictable (able to be predicted)
    (らい)(ねん)(どう)(こう)()める
    Rainen no dōkō ga yomeru.
    The tendency of the next year is predictable.
  4. to be calculable (of a person, able to be predicted)
    あいつの(こう)(どう)()める
    Aitsu no kōdō wa yomeru.
    His behavior is calculable.
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 読め よめ yome
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 読め よめ yome
Shūshikei ("terminal") 読める よめる yomeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 読める よめる yomeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 読めれ よめれ yomere
Meireikei ("imperative") 読めよ¹
読めろ²
よめよ¹
よめろ²
yomeyo¹
yomero²
Key constructions
Passive 読められる よめられる yomerareru
Causative 読めさせる
読めさす
よめさせる
よめさす
yomesaseru
yomesasu
Potential 読められる
読めれる³
よめられる
よめれる³
yomerareru
yomereru³
Volitional 読めよう よめよう yomeyō
Negative 読めない
読めぬ
読めん
よめない
よめぬ
よめん
yomenai
yomenu
yomen
Negative continuative 読めず よめず yomezu
Formal 読めます よめます yomemasu
Perfective 読めた よめた yometa
Conjunctive 読めて よめて yomete
Hypothetical conditional 読めれば よめれば yomereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential