Japanese

わかる

わかる
Meaning: to understand; to know; to comprehend
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present わかる わからない
Polite わかります わかりません
Past わかった わからなかった
Polite + Past わかりました わかりませんでした
Te-form わかって わからなくて
Potential わかれる わかれない
Passive わかられる わかられない
Causative わからせる わからせない
Causative + Passive わからされる わからされない
Imperative わかれ わかるな

Handwriting

わ
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Example sentences

I understand well what he is saying.
この言葉の意味がわからない
I don't understand the meaning of this word.
このカメラの使い方がわかりません。
I don't know how to use this camera.
さぁ、わかりませんね。
Well, I don't know.
難解な理論を、一般の人にもわかるように砕いて説明した。
I explained the difficult theory simply so that even regular people could understand it.
説明がややこしくてわからない。
The explanation is so complicated that I don't understand it.
難しい専門用語を子供にもわかるように言い換える。
Rephrase difficult technical terms so that children can understand them.
いずれにしても、結果は明日わかるだろう
In any case, we will know the results tomorrow.
一二の例を挙げれば、この問題の深刻さがわかるだろう。
If you give one or two examples, you'll understand the seriousness of this problem.
わからない言葉があったので、辞書を引いて意味を調べた。
Since there was a word I didn't know, I looked it up in a dictionary and checked its meaning.

Usage Notes

A very common verb used to express comprehension or knowledge of a situation or fact. Often written in kana.

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