読める

Japanese
Kanji in this term
読
よ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
讀める (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Verb

読(よ)める • (yomeru) ichidan (stem 読(よ)め (yome), past 読(よ)めた (yometa))

  1. to be legible; readable (able to be read)
    読(よ)める字(じ)で書(か)いて下(くだ)さい。
    Yomeru ji de kaite kudasai.
    Please write in legible letters.
  2. to be pronounceable (able to be pronounced)
    「京」という字(じ)は「kin」とも「tin」とも読(よ)める。
    “京” to iu ji wa “kin” to mo “tin” to mo yomeru.
    The character "京" is pronounceable as both "kin" and "tin".
  3. to be predictable (able to be predicted)
    来(らい)年(ねん)の動(どう)向(こう)が読(よ)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)
    あいつの行(こう)動(どう)は読(よ)める。
    Aitsu no kōdō wa yomeru.
    His behavior is calculable.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "読める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
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
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