Pera Pera Penguin 79.pdf

時間が読めない？

5-minute Japanese Class by Hitomi Hirayama

Next week, I have to attend an important conference in Germany. Since Mr. Yoshida, who is one of my colleagues, is accompanying me, I

wanted to prepare everything with him in advance. So I asked him, " ashita uchiawase no jikan ga arimasu ka? " (Do you have time to

discuss things tomorrow?). He said, "I have meetings all day long tomorrow..." Then I said to him, "The conference is next week! Please make

some time, anytime tomorrow!" Mr. Yoshida said, " uuuun... jikan ga yomenai na - " (Gee... I can't read time, though), and he became

quiet. I was surprised and said, " e! yoshida-san jikan ga yomenai no ?" (What? You cannot read the time?). He said, " so - nan da yo

ne. maitta na - ..." (Yeah... It's a real shame...) and he started scratching his head and left. Does " jikan ga yomenai " mean "he can't read

time on his watch"? Or is there another meaning?

" jikan ga yomenai " does not mean that he

couldn't read the time on his watch. I'm glad that you

started to pick up this kind of Japanese! What he meant

was that he had no idea when the meeting was going to

end. There are a number of phrases using " yomu ." Let's

look at them.

to read

(1) To understand the circumstances

Choose one of the 13 expressions and change the form if necessary

to complete the following sentences.

状況を読む

(A) My friend altered her age by five years.

読みます

yomimasu

j - ky - o yomu

友達は５歳　　　　いました。　　

tomodachi wa go-sai imashita

te form

(2) To think ahead

(B) If you want to become a columnist, you need to have the ability to think ahead.

先を読む

コラムニストになるは　　　　　力　が必要です。

dic. form

saki o yomu

dictionary form

columnist ni naru ni wa 　 chikara ga hitsuy - desu

読む

yomu

(3) To guess one's intentions

(9) To think superficially

考えを読む

読みが浅い

yomi ga asai

心理学者は患者ののが仕事です。

kangae o yomu

dic. form

shinrigakusha wa kanja no no ga shigoto desu

potential from

(negative)

(4) To sense the atmosphere

(10) To think deeply

(D) There has been an increase in self-centered people who have no sense of the atmosphere.

読めない

yomenai

空気を読む

読みが深い

yomi ga fukai

場の　自己中心的な人が増えている。

k - ki o yomu

ba no jikoch - shinteki na hito ga fuete iru

nai form

(5) To think/see several moves

ahead

(E) Analysts try to predict the way the exchange rate will move.

(11) To cheat in counting

te from

アナリストは常に為替相場の

dic. form

サバを読む

saba o yomu

読んで

yonde

動きを読む

ugoki o yomu

analyst wa tsune ni kawases - ba no

(F) What a shame! I didn't fully think through the situation.

It's no use crying over spilled milk, eh?

(6) To read one's thoughts

(12) To read the (golf) green

noun

まいったな? 「後悔先に立たず」ですね。

心を読む

kokoro o yomu

グリーンを読む

green o yomu

maitta na "k - kai saki ni tatazu" desu ne

past tense

読み

yomi

(G) That’s so like you! You really know everything! You think things through!

(7) To read between the lines/

to see through one’s plot

(13) Unable to predict how long it will take

(mostly used in negative form)

時間が読めない

jikan ga yomenai

さすが、何から何まで分かってる！ですね。

dic. form

sasuga nani kara nani made wakatteru! desu ne

手の内を読む

te no uchi o yomu

(H) Successful international designers have an excellent ability to read the times.

世界で活躍しているのデザイナーは　　　　　　　　力がすごい。

dic. form

sekai de katsuyaku shite iru designer wa chikara ga sugoi

(8) To read the times

時代の流れを読む

jidai no nagare o yomu

Answers

(A) saba o yonde (B) saki o yomu (C) kokoro o yomu (D) k - ki o yomenai (E) ugoki o yomu

(F) yomi ga asakatta (G) yomi ga fukai (H) jidai no nagare o yomu

With cooperation from Yasuhiro Koga

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