Understand in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo grasp the meaning of words, a message, or a situation.

Definition in Japanese言葉や話の意味がつかめる。

Example sentences

• 言(い)いたいことは分(わ)かります。🔊

  I understand you.

• 分(わ)かるよ。🔊

  I understand.

• テストをもっと早(はや)く始(はじ)めようという意味(いみ)だったのですが、発売(はつばい)を延期(えんき)してほしいという話(はなし)だと理解(りかい)されたんですね。🔊

  I meant that testing should start earlier, but I can see you understood that as a request to postpone the launch.

Learn it in a lesson

• Perception and thinking verbs in Japanese

understand in other languages

• What understand means
• In Portuguese
• In French