読みます（よみます、yomimasu）
- to read

読みます means "to read" or "I read/You read/He reads/She reads/They read" in the present or future tense. It's a versatile verb used for reading books, articles, documents, and anything else you can read. It implies the action of looking at and understanding written words. It can also refer to the action of pronouncing or reciting something aloud. The meaning depends on context. The verb 読みます is the polite form of the verb 読む（よむ）.

⚫︎ 本を読みます。 Translation: I read a book. ⚫︎ 新聞を読みますか？ Translation: Do you read the newspaper? ⚫︎ 彼女は手紙を読みます。 Translation: She reads a letter.

⚫︎ Use 読みます when you want to talk about the action of reading, whether it's happening now (present) or will happen in the future. ⚫︎ It is always the correct form to use when speaking to someone of higher status, older people, or in formal situations. ⚫︎ The subject (who is reading) is often omitted if it is clear from the context. ⚫︎ You can use it to refer to 読みます something in Japanese as well as in other languages.

⚫︎ 読みます is written in hiragana as よみます. ⚫︎ The kanji is 読みます, which includes the kanji 読（よ）meaning "to read" and the polite verb ending みます. ⚫︎ The base form of the verb is 読む（よむ）, and the polite form is made by adding ます.

⚫︎ 拝読します（はいどくします） - a more formal way of saying "to read," often used when reading something sent to you. ⚫︎ 閲覧します（えつらんします） - to browse, or to view (especially on the internet).

⚫︎ There isn't a direct antonym for "to read". The opposite actions would depend on the context. For example, if you are reading a book, the opposite of reading a book would be "to close the book" or "to put down the book".

毎日、小説を読みます。 ・Translation: I read novels every day. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the action of reading novels on a daily basis, showing the habitual use of 読みます.

彼は難しい本を読みます。 ・Translation: He reads difficult books. ・Explanation: This sentence is an example of a sentence that describes what someone reads.

⚫︎ The kanji 読 is composed of two parts: the radical 言 (こと/い）meaning "word" or "speech" and 売 (うり) which means "sell." The original meaning was to understand the meaning of words or sentences and to convey them, similar to selling information. Over time, the meaning shifted to solely "reading"