読み下し文

よみくだしぶん

transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese

下読み

したよみ

preparatory reading, lesson study, rehearsal (of play)

読み下す

よみくだす

to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese

読み

よみ

reading

回し読み

まわしよみ

reading a book in turn

流し読み

ながしよみ

skimming (a book, etc.)

読み出し

よみだし

readout (computer)

読みさし

よみさし

leaving half-read (book, etc.); leaving unfinished

試し読み

ためしよみ

online preview (of a book, magazine, etc.)

盗み読み

ぬすみよみ

reading surreptitiously

読み込み

よみこみ

reading

棒読み

ぼうよみ

reading in a monotone

読み人

よみびと よみじん

(poetic) author

読み手

よみて

reader (person)

本読み

ほんよみ

script reading, scenario reading

深読み

ふかよみ

reading too much into (what... says)

素読み

すよみ そよみ もとよみ

reading without comprehending, reading a second draft without checking it against the original (draught)

票読み

ひょうよみ

estimation of votes

読み癖

よみくせ

idiomatic pronunciation or peculiar reading of a kanji or compound