空で読む

そらでよむ

recite from memory

空気を読めない

くうきをよめない

to be unable to read the situation, to be unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation (e.g. A and B are complaining about C, and D joins the conversation praising C)

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

空気読めない

くうきよめない

unable to read the situation, unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation (e.g. A and B are complaining about C, and D joins the conversation praising C)

読む

よむ

to read

空を掴む

くうをつかむ そらをつかむ

to grasp at the air

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

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

気を病む

きをやむ

to fret, to worry (negative implications)

気をもむ

きをもむ

to worry; to fret; to get anxious

気を揉む

きをもむ

to worry, to fret, to get anxious

気で気を病む

きできをやむ

to worry without reason, to fret

空気が読めない

くうきがよめない

unable to read the situation, unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation (e.g. A and B are complaining about C, and D joins the conversation praising C)

空気

くうき

air, atmosphere

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

空景気

からげいき

false or superficial prosperity

空元気

からげんき

putting on a brave face, put-on cheeriness, pretending one is fine, show of courage, bravado, Dutch courage