Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to read a large number (of), to read widely, to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
読み漁る よみあさる
 
 
 
 
読みあさる よみあさる
 
読漁る よみあさる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

read
よ.む ドク よみ (2nd, N5)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
sell
う.る バイ うり (2nd, N4)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)
a net, net-like, radical 122
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
fishing, fishery
リョウ ギョ あさ.る (4th, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
fish
さかな ギョ うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ