意いを酌くむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

read someone's feelings; understand someone's unspoken thoughts; enter into someone's heart

Used when one intuitively grasps another person's emotions or intentions, often without explicit words. Common in empathetic or considerate contexts.

• 彼かれは相あい手ての意いを酌くんで、そっとしておいた。

  He read the other person's feelings and left them alone.

• 上じょう司しは部ぶ下かの意いを酌くんで、仕し事ごとの割わり振ふりを変かえた。

  The boss understood his subordinate's unspoken wishes and changed the work assignments.