読み方

よみかた
way of reading
how to read

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よみかた【読み方】

*reading

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¶子供は初歩読本で～を覚える

Children learn to read from a primer.

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よみかた【読み方】

1 〔文字や外国語を読むこと〕 (the way of) reading; 〔発音〕 pronunciation; 〔その授業〕 a reading lesson; 〔朗読〕 (a) reading (aloud).

●この語の読み方がわかりますか. Do you know how to [Can you] pronounce this word?

・この漢字には 3 とおりの読み方がある. There are three ways to read this Chinese character.

●読み方の試験 an examination in reading

・読み方の練習をする practice reading.

●NHK のニュースの読み方を手本とする use the NHK news programs as a pronunciation model

・わかりやすい読み方を心がける make a point of reading in a way that is easy to understand.

●読み方はわかるが書けない漢字が多い. There are a lot of Chinese characters that I can read but can't write.

2 〔解釈〕 (a) reading.

●目盛りの読み方 how to read the calibrations

・地図の読み方 how to read a map.

●この一節はいくとおりもの読み方がある. There are various readings [Various readings are possible] of this passage. | This passage is susceptible of various interpretations.

●読み方によっては, もう彼女は僕を嫌いになったとも取れる手紙だ. It's a letter that may be taken to read that she doesn't like me anymore.

3 〔もと小学校の科目〕 how to read Chinese characters.