import json


def read_json(json_filename):
    """Reads the JSON file as a dictionary.
    Args:
        json_filename (string): The JSON file to read.
    Returns:
        dict: The JSON data, parsed as a dictionary.
    """
    with open(json_filename, 'r') as json_fp:
        json_data = json.load(json_fp)
    return json_data