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understanding noun

  /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/ , /ˌʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/
  • (uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
 了解, 分かり, 理解

understanding adjective

  /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/ , /ˌʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/
  • Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance; sympathetically aware.
 納得

understand verb

  /əɳɖə(r)ˈsʈaɳɖ/ , /əɳˈɖɜ(r).sʈəɳɖ/ , /ʌndəˈstænd/ , /ˌɞndəɹˈstand/ , /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ , /ˌʌndɚˈsteə̯nd/ , /ˌʌndɚˈstænd/ , [ˌʌɾ̃ɚˈsteə̯nd] , [ˌʌɾ̃ɚˈstæ̃nd]
  • (transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
  • (transitive, of people) To know the intent, motives or character of; (of events) to know the causes of or reasons for.
 分かる, 信じる, 理解
  • (transitive, usually with clause as object) To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.
  • (transitive) To believe or infer, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
 分かる, 理解

understandable adjective

  • Capable of being understood; comprehensible.
 理解できる
I don't understand
分からない, 分かりません
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