読み下し よみくだし Also written 訓み下し Meanings Noun reading a text from start to finish transliterating classical Chinese into Japanese See also: 読み下す (よみくだす). Kanji 読 read. Read as よみ. 下 down. Read as くだる. Words containing 読み下し 読み下し文 (よみくだしぶん) transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists