よみすすむ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
読み進む

Etymology

From 読(よ)み (yomi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu).”) + 進(すす)む (susumu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞mʲisɨᵝsɨᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

よみすすむ • (yomisusumu) ^{←よみすすむ (yomisusumu)?}godan (stem よみすすみ (yomisusumi), past よみすすんだ (yomisusunda))

1. to progress in reading a book

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よみすすむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	よみすすま	yomisusuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	よみすすみ	yomisusumi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	よみすすむ	yomisusumu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	よみすすむ	yomisusumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	よみすすめ	yomisusume
Meireikei ("imperative")	よみすすめ	yomisusume
Key constructions
Passive	よみすすまれる	yomisusumareru
Causative	よみすすませる よみすすます	yomisusumaseru yomisusumasu
Potential	よみすすめる	yomisusumeru
Volitional	よみすすもう	yomisusumō
Negative	よみすすまない	yomisusumanai
Negative continuative	よみすすまず	yomisusumazu
Formal	よみすすみます	yomisusumimasu
Perfective	よみすすんだ	yomisusunda
Conjunctive	よみすすんで	yomisusunde
Hypothetical conditional	よみすすめば	yomisusumeba

Synonyms

• よみすすめる (yomisusumeru)