意いを得える

expression, ichidan verb

get the gist; understand the point

Used when grasping the essential meaning or intention behind something. Often appears in the pattern 意を得る or 意を得たように.

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいでようやく意いを得えた。

  I finally got the gist from his explanation.

expression, ichidan verb

turn out as expected; go as one thought

Rare and mostly found in the fixed phrase 我が意を得たり (I got what I wanted; it turned out just as I thought).

See also: 我が意を得たり

• 「我わが意いを得えたり」と彼かれは言いった。

  He said, 'It turned out just as I thought.'