読み切る

読み切る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
読	切
よ Grade: 2	き Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound verb from 読み (yomi, “reading”, 連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読 (よ)む (yomu, “to read”)) +‎ 切る (kiru, “to cut; to do something completely”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) よみき​る [yòmíkíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3][4]
  • (Tokyo) よみきる [yòmíkírú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
  • (Tokyo) よみきる​ [yòmíkírúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[4]
  • IPA^(key): [jo̞mʲikʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

読み切る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よみきる, rōmaji yomikiru)

1. finish reading, read through

Conjugation

Conjugation of "読み切る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	読み切ら	よみきら	yomikira
Continuative (連用形)	読み切り	よみきり	yomikiri
Terminal (終止形)	読み切る	よみきる	yomikiru
Attributive (連体形)	読み切る	よみきる	yomikiru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	読み切れ	よみきれ	yomikire
Imperative (命令形)	読み切れ	よみきれ	yomikire
Key constructions
Passive	読み切られる	よみきられる	yomikirareru
Causative	読み切らせる 読み切らす	よみきらせる よみきらす	yomikiraseru yomikirasu
Potential	読み切れる	よみきれる	yomikireru
Volitional	読み切ろう	よみきろう	yomikirō
Negative	読み切らない	よみきらない	yomikiranai
Negative continuative	読み切らず	よみきらず	yomikirazu
Formal	読み切ります	よみきります	yomikirimasu
Perfective	読み切った	よみきった	yomikitta
Conjunctive	読み切って	よみきって	yomikitte
Hypothetical conditional	読み切れば	よみきれば	yomikireba

Derived terms

• 読 (よ)み切 (き)り (yomikiri)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN