よみ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of よみ – see the following entries.

【黄泉】 [noun] (Shinto) the land of the dead; the afterworld, underworld

【読み】 [noun] reading [noun] (of a written character or word) reading, pronunciation [noun] (figurative) understanding of something, speculation about something; judgment, as of a person's character or of a situation

【余味】 [noun] an aftertaste [noun] a lingering interest [noun] an attempt to pique interest

(This term, よみ (yomi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as よみ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as よみ.)