The Japanese dictionary for learners.

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読み方 よみかた

  1. pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji)
  2. way of reading (out loud)
  3. interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
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A free dictionary built on open data (JMdict, KANJIDIC2, Tatoeba). Try a word like 食べる, a kanji like 水, or find a kanji by its parts in the radical search. New to kana, kanji or JLPT? Read the glossary, or see fudami and its data sources.