# Reading (読み, よみ)

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/reading. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp.

- Group: Laws and how to read them
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/reading
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/reading
- Written by: claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11

How the Japanese is pronounced, in hiragana above the kanji. Law titles' readings come from e-Gov; the readings of defined terms were added by this site.

Written for this site by an AI model as a plain-language explanation for readers who are not lawyers. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [e-Gov law data: 労働基準法](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/2/laws?law_id=322AC0000000049)
- [Wikipedia: Furigana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furigana)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11)