読み上げる

よみあげる
Alternative writings: 読上げる
JLPT:N1
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1To read aloud; to call out or announce by reading (e.g. names, a list, or text).

Group 2 VerbTransitive Verb

Examples

先生が生徒の名前を読み上げた。

The teacher read the students' names aloud.

音声合成が画面の文章を読み上げる。

The speech synthesizer reads the text on the screen aloud.

式典で司会が参列者の名前を読み上げた。

At the ceremony the host read aloud the attendees' names.

彼女は原稿をはっきりと読み上げた。

She read the manuscript aloud clearly.

2To read through to the end; to finish reading something aloud or silently (nuance of completing the reading).

Group 2 VerbTransitive Verb

Examples

彼女は手紙を声に出して最後まで読み上げ、涙をぬぐった。

She read the letter aloud to the end and wiped away her tears.

司会が議事録を短く読み上げて会議を締めた。

The chair briefly read through the minutes and closed the meeting.

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