朗読

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 朗読(ろうどく) means clearly reading a poem, story, or other text aloud for listeners.
• Basic usage: It is used for reciting a poem at an event or reading a story aloud to someone. Typical patterns are 詩を朗読する and 物語を朗読する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Keep the listener in mind
  • It suits reading that conveys a text's content and feeling, rather than merely producing the words aloud.
• Difference from 音読
  • 音読(おんどく) is reading a text aloud, often for study, while 朗読 focuses on delivering the text to listeners.