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Godan verb, transitive verb

1. to read.
2. to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant.
3. to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine.
4. to pronounce, to read (e.g. a kanji).
5. to decipher, to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.), to tell (the time).
6. to count, to estimate. Now mostly used in idioms.
7. to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading. Also written as 訓む.