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23 理解する To Understand

Alternative Meanings

To Comprehend

Part of Speech

する verb

Reading

りかいする

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

お前が彼のことを愛しているのは理解するけど、あいつがお前にキスをするのは許せないよ。

I understand you love him, but I can’t forgive him for kissing you.

Meaning Explanation

理解 is understanding, so the verb version would be...? How about to understand or to comprehend? Well, do you?

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. Of course, if you know 理解 already this one is easy to comprehend.

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