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読み上げる

よみあげる

ichidan verbtransitive 他動詞

Meanings

1to read out loud (and clearly)
2to call a roll
3to read out
4to read aloud
5to call out
6to finish reading
7to read through

Example sentence

私は彼らに向かってそれを読み上げる以外に仕方がなかった。

I had no choice but to read it out to them.

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Kanji in this word

読Read14 strokes 上Above, Up3 strokes

More words with 読

読者どくしゃ · reader 読書どくしょ · readingN3 読みよみ · readingN3 朗読ろうどく · reading aloudN1 読むよむ · to readN5

Full entry on Jisho

積ん読つんどく · buying books and not reading them

読み方よみかた · pronunciation

読売よみうり · Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group)

More words with 上

上昇じょうしょう · risingN1 史上しじょう · in history 値上げねあげ · price increase 事実上じじつじょう · as a matter of fact 海上かいじょう · (on the) sea 地上ちじょう · above ground 上がったりあがったり · doomed (business, trade, etc.)売り上げうりあげ · amount sold

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