くんよみ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くんよみ – see the entry at 訓読み with the following definitions. [noun][linguistics]Japanese native reading for kanji (Chinese characters), using 大和 (やまと)言 (こと)葉 (ば) (yamato kotoba, “native Japanese words”) [verb]to use the kun'yomi of a word, to read a kanji using the pronunciation of a native Japanese word (This term, くんよみ, is a hiragana spelling of 訓読み.)

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