| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n ability to read and understand | 読解力 |
| gen. | begin to read | 読みかける |
| gen. | begin to read | 読掛ける |
| gen. | begin to read | 読み掛ける |
| rel., budd. | beginning to read a sutra | 開経 |
| gen. | n being unable to read the situation | ＫＹ |
| gen. | n difficult to read | 難読 (e.g. obscure kanji) |
| gen. | exp adj-i easy to read | 読みいい |
| gen. | exp adj-i easy to read | 読みよい |
| gen. | exp adj-i easy to read | 読み良い |
| gen. | adj-i easy to read | 見易い |
| gen. | adj-i easy to read | 見やすい |
| gen. | adj-i easy to read | 読み易い |
| gen. | adj-i easy to read | 読みやすい |
| gen. | fail to read correctly | 読み損じる |
| gen. | n gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc. | ジャーナルクラブ |
| gen. | n gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc. | ジャーナル・クラブ |
| gen. | n gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc. | 抄読会 |
| gen. | adj-i hard to read | 読みづらい |
| gen. | adj-i hard to read | 読み辛い |
| gen. | adj-i hard to read | 読み悪い spec1 |
| gen. | adj-i hard to read | 読み難い |
| gen. | adj-i hard to read | 読みにくい spec1 |
| gen. | n how to read | 読み方 ichi1 news1 nf20 |
| gen. | read aloud to another | 読み聞かせる news2 nf36 |
| gen. | read to | 聞かせる |
| gen. | read to | 聞かす ichi1 news1 nf04 |
| gen. | read to someone | 読み聞かす |
| pejor. | someone who is unable to apply what they have read | 衣魚 |
| pejor. | someone who is unable to apply what they have read | 蠧魚 |
| pejor. | someone who is unable to apply what they have read | 紙魚 |
| gen. | exp to be unable to read the situation | 空気を読めない |
| gen. | exp adj-i unable to read the situation | 空気が読めない |
| gen. | exp adj-i unable to read the situation | 空気読めない |