How to Say ‘I scanned it.’ in Japanese
よみこんだよ。
yomikon da yo
[yoh-mee-kohn dah yoh]
💬 Usage Tip: Casual spoken style. [よ] adds friendly emphasis like “You know / I did it!” More polite: [読み込みましたよ。]
🇯🇵 In Japan: In club chats, casual endings like [〜だよ] are common among peers, but with seniors you’ll often switch to [〜ました].
Phrase Breakdown
よみこん
yomikon
[yoh-mee-kohn]
scanned/loaded (casual, hiragana)
Hiragana form of 読み込ん(だ). Often used in casual chat. Here it leads into a friendly confirmation: “I scanned it.”
いまQRコードをよみこんだよ。
I just scanned the QR code.
だ
da
[dah]
(past marker) did / -ed
Past tense ending in casual speech; completes よみこんだ.
ちゃんとよみこんだ。
I scanned it properly.
よ
yo
[yoh]
you know / I tell you (sentence-ending particle)
Casual particle adding emphasis or friendly informing tone, like “(I did it,) you know!”
いまよみこんだよ。
I scanned it just now, you know.
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