分かる — meaning in English
wakaru
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English meaning
- catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
- find out phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
- grasp verb To grip something firmly, typically with the hand.
- know verb To have information about something, or to be certain that something is true.
- see verb To perceive something with the eyes.
- tell verb To give someone information by speaking or writing; to say something to someone.
- understand verb To grasp the meaning of something.
Senses
分かる is used for these senses in English:
- I don't know Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, don't, know.
- catch (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. [from 16thc.]
- find out (transitive) To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
- know (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- see (figuratively) To understand.
- tell (transitive, or, intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
- you know (informal) Expression signifying a pause or hesitation.
catch — full definition
- verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
- verb To become infected with an illness.
- verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
- noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
- noun Something captured, especially fish.
find out — full definition
- phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
- phrasal verb To detect someone in a lie, crime or deception, so that their behaviour becomes known.