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読み. The reading of a kanji character or a word written in kanji characters refers to how it is “read” in terms of kana characters. Please use this tag rather than 'pronunciation' if it fits your question.

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Google Gemini suggests "はたちみまん", while ChatGPT suggests "にじゅっさいみまん". I know that "二十歳" is an exception and should be read as "はたち" (in most cases?)
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好's middle chinese pronounciation is xawX which becomes かう kau for both kan-on and go-on, which is true. However in https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A5%BD#Japanese it lists はおうhaō as another ...
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I undestand the reading of many kanjis but when i saw a word i never been able to know if the reading is on ir kum or when is a excepcion. There is some trick to know that or just memorize?
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If you look at the sentence "天よりも高く人間界からは窺い知ることができない次元を超越した天の国神々はこの地から世界のすべてを見おろしている." Why does this sentence read like "transcending dimensions that can't be seen from the human world&...
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かのかり389話では、和也とみにが、千鶴とのデートの後の出来事を再現するよう演じていました: 「件」についての質問なのですが、普通なら「件」は「けん」と読みますが、なぜここで「くだり」と読むのでしょう? あと、なぜ和也がその読み方が恥ずかしがりますか?
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友達呼んだんだみんなで飲もうよ　おまえ可愛いから紹介したくって. I understand the character is saying "I called my friends. Let's all drink together. Youre' cute, so I want to introduce you. However what is したくって. here? したくなった? ...
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I'm really confused by this passage from the JLPT N2 reading section: 自分がのめりこんだことが、仕事として成立したなら、これほど楽しいことは ないだろう。もしかしたらその感覚は、世の中の常識とは順番が逆なのかもしれない。 本来はまず仕事ありきなのだろう。与えられた仕事をどう楽しめるかと考えるの がふつうなのかもしれない。 ...
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Context: the character went to Tokyo and went on a tour to see places. At the end of the day, they say this: I'm a bit stumbled on how to take it. Is he saying it like "It was really crowed, we ...
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I am having difficulty in reading certain kana characters in the 1920 preface by the architect Ito Chuta to his five volume work Ashura-cho. Images of the characters I'm having problems with are ...
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I saw a song title by Eve written as 虎狼来, which means 'The wolves and tigers come', but I couldn't find any instance where this combination of kanji is actually used to mean that. Individually, they ...
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いや勝手に押しかけてすみません。距離感詰めすぎたかなと反省してた所だったから迷ったんですけどどうして心配だったから The character says this after he barges into someone home uninvited because he was worried. The house owner has recently taken his distance ...
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What is the reading of 1号店? A Mainichi article contains this sentence: 外食チェーンは通常、東京などの都市部で1号店を出し、その後、徐々に各地への出店を増やす手法をとっています Restaurant chains usually open their first restaurant in an urban area such ...
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JLPT Sensei lists ゆう as one of the readings for 右, but I can't find words with this reading on jisho.
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JLPT Sensei lists じ as one of the readings for 二, but I can't find words with this reading on jisho.
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I'm learning N5 kanji and there are some readings that I can't find in a dictionary. I was wondering, are these historical uses or are there actual words that read that way (while kanji retain their ...
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