よむ – Vocabulary details

よむ

Verb (5-dan, む, transitive)

1. to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem

2. to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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to compose a poem (esp. haiku)

to compose a poem (esp. haiku)

祖そ母ぼは趣しゅ味みで歌うたをよんでいる。

My grandmother composes tanka as a hobby.

その詩しは無む名めいの著ちょ者しゃがよんだ。

The poem was composed by an anonymous author.

平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくは、よく歌うたをよんだ。

Heian-period aristocrats often composed poems.

この歌うたは千せん年ねん以い上じょう前まえによまれた。

This poem was composed more than a thousand years ago.

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