サバを読む

さばをよむ

to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age

心を読む

こころをよむ

to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

読む

よむ

to read

空気を読む

くうきをよむ

to read the situation, to sense the mood

鼻毛を読む

はなげをよむ

to lead (a man) around by the nose

行間を読む

ぎょうかんをよむ

to read between the lines

むさぼり読む

むさぼりよむ

to read avidly

人の心を読む

ひとのこころをよむ

to read a person's thoughts, to guess what a person is thinking

宙で読む

ちゅうでよむ

to recite from memory

読み進む

よみすすむ

to go on reading

読み込む

よみこむ

to express (e.g. emotion in poetry)

空で読む

そらでよむ

recite from memory

音で読む

おんでよむ おとでよむ

to read kanji in the on reading

再び読む

ふたたびよむ

to reread, to read again

文読む月日

ふみよむつきひ ぶんよむつきひ

days of reading

読みさし

よみさし

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

読みさす

よみさす

to leave half-read; to leave unfinished

逆さ読み

さかさよみ

reading a word backwards (often to make slang)

ばむ

to be...y (suffix indicating that something is in the state of the preceding noun, etc.)