よみとる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
読み取る読取る読みとる

Etymology

From 読(よ)み (yomi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu).”) + 取(と)る (toru).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よみとる [yòmítóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) よみとる [yòmítórú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞mʲito̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

よみとる • (yomitoru) ^{←よみとる (yomitoru)^?}godan (stem よみとり (yomitori), past よみとった (yomitotta))

(transitive) to read and grasp the meaning of
(transitive, computing) to read (a barcode, etc.)
Ｑ(キュー)Ｒ(アール)コードを読(よ)み取(と)る
kyū-āru-kōdo o yomitoru
to scan a QR code

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よみとる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	よみとら	yomitora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	よみとり	yomitori
Shūshikei ("terminal")	よみとる	yomitoru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	よみとる	yomitoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	よみとれ	yomitore
Meireikei ("imperative")	よみとれ	yomitore
Key constructions
Passive	よみとられる	yomitorareru
Causative	よみとらせるよみとらす	yomitoraseru yomitorasu
Potential	よみとれる	yomitoreru
Volitional	よみとろう	yomitorō
Negative	よみとらない	yomitoranai
Negative continuative	よみとらず	yomitorazu
Formal	よみとります	yomitorimasu
Perfective	よみとった	yomitotta
Conjunctive	よみとって	yomitotte
Hypothetical conditional	よみとれば	yomitoreba

See also

読(よ)み込(こ)む (yomikomu, “to read (a file, etc.)”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN