心を読む

こころをよむ

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

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

読む

よむ

to read

心を病む

こころをやむ

to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain

さばを読む

さばをよむ

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

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

人を飲む

ひとをのむ

to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)

読心術

どくしんじゅつ

mind reading

人心

じんしん ひとごころ

human nature, human heart, human spirit, kindness, sympathy

読書人

どくしょじん

avid reader

読み人

よみびと よみじん

(poetic) author

心をつかむ

こころをつかむ

to win over, to win (someone's) heart and mind

良心の囚人

りょうしんのしゅうじん

prisoner of conscience

涙をのむ

なみだをのむ

to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears

人間可読

にんげんかどく

human-readable

人心地

ひとごこち

consciousness

宙で読む

ちゅうでよむ

to recite from memory