解

Meaning

解 centers on taking something tangled or closed and opening it up: untying a knot, solving a problem, explaining an idea, or canceling a restriction. The sense of 'minute' (detailed) extends from breaking something down into its parts.

• 理解りかい
  N3

  understanding; comprehension; appreciation

• 解決かいけつ
  N3

  settlement; solution; resolution

• 解説かいせつ
  N2

  explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

• 解放かいほう
  N2

  release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free

• 解散かいさん
  N3

  breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd)

• 解消かいしょう
  N3

  cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

• 解除かいじょ
  N1

  termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; rescission

• 正解せいかい
  N2

  correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation

• 了解りょうかい
  N1

  comprehension; consent; understanding; agreement

• 解釈かいしゃく
  N3

  interpretation; explanation; reading; construction

• 誤解ごかい
  N3

  misunderstanding

• 解析かいせき

  analysis; analytical study

• 分解ぶんかい
  N2

  disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; taking apart; breaking up; analysis; parsing

• 見解けんかい
  N3

  opinion; point of view

• 解体かいたい
  N1

  demolition; taking down; dismantling; disassembly; taking apart

• 解雇かいこ
  N1

  dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff

• 解くとく
  N3

  to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack

• 解くほどく
  N3

  to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen; to unpack

• 解禁かいきん

  lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.)

• 解明かいめい

  elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

• 解けるとける
  N3

  to be solved; to be worked out

• 解けるほどける
  N1

  to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to unravel

• 和解わかい
  N1

  reconciliation; amicable settlement; accommodation; compromise; mediation; rapprochement

• 解約かいやく
  N1

  cancellation of a contract

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