Japanese

よみとる
Meaning: to read; to understand; to decipher; to scan
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 読み取る 読み取らない
Polite 読み取ります 読み取りません
Past 読み取った 読み取らなかった
Polite + Past 読み取りました 読み取りませんでした
Te-form 読み取って 読み取らなくて
Potential 読み取れる 読み取れない
Passive 読み取られる 読み取られない
Causative 読み取らせる 読み取らせない
Causative + Passive 読み取らされる 読み取らされない
Imperative 読み取れ 読み取るな

Handwriting

読
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取
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Example sentences

It is difficult to read someone's true feelings from their facial expression.
彼は画面に表示された数値を注意深く読み取った。
He carefully read the numerical values displayed on the screen.

Usage Notes

Can mean reading meaning from text, inferring feelings from appearance, or electronic scanning of data (like barcodes).

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