よみ

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Japanese

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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.)