理り解かい

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理解する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	理り解かいする	理り解かいしない
Polite	理り解かいします	理り解かいしません
Past polite	理り解かいしました	理り解かいしませんでした
Past	理り解かいした	理り解かいしなかった
Te-form	理り解かいして	理り解かいしないで
Desire	理り解かいしたい	理り解かいしたくない
Potential	理り解かいできる	理り解かいできない
Passive	理り解かいされる	理り解かいされない
Causative	理り解かいさせる	理り解かいさせない
Causative passive	理り解かいさせられる	理り解かいさせられない
Volitional	理り解かいしよう
Polite volitional	理り解かいしましょう
Imperative	理り解かいしろ	理り解かいするな
Conditional	理り解かいすれば	理り解かいしなければ
Tara conditional	理り解かいしたら	理り解かいしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

understanding; comprehension; appreciation

Grasping the meaning, logic, or significance of something. Used for factual understanding as well as deeper appreciation of art, feelings, or situations.

彼かれの説せつ明めいで問もん題だいを理り解かいできた。
I was able to understand the problem thanks to his explanation.
現げん代だいアートを理り解かいするのは難むずかしい。
It's difficult to appreciate modern art.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

sympathy; empathetic understanding

Understanding someone's feelings or situation with empathy. Often used in phrases like 理解を示す (show understanding) or 理解がある (be sympathetic).

彼かれは私わたしの気き持もちを理り解かいしてくれた。
He understood my feelings.
上じょう司しは部ぶ下かの事じ情じょうに理り解かいがある。
The boss is sympathetic to his subordinates' circumstances.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を理り解かいするto understand something
彼かれの気き持もちを理り解かいするのは難むずかしい。
It's hard to understand his feelings.
〈人ひと〉に理り解かいがあるsomeone is understanding/sympathetic (about something)
彼かの女じょは部ぶ下かの悩なやみに理り解かいがある上じょう司しだ。
She's a boss who is understanding about her subordinates' worries.
〈事こと〉が理り解かいできないto be unable to understand something
その論ろん文ぶんの内ない容ようがまったく理り解かいできなかった。
I couldn't understand the content of that paper at all.
〈事こと〉に対たいする理り解かいunderstanding of/regarding something
異い文ぶん化かに対たいする理り解かいを深ふかめることが大たい切せつだ。
It's important to deepen one's understanding of different cultures.

Expressions

理り解かいを得えるgain understanding; obtain consent
理り解かいを示しめすshow understanding; be sympathetic; appreciate
理り解かいに苦くるしむbe unable to understand; be beyond comprehension; baffle
理り解かいを求もとめるask for understanding; seek understanding
理り解かいを深ふかめるdeepen one's understanding; cultivate a better understanding
理り解かいの範はん疇ちゅうを超こえるgo over one's head; be beyond comprehension

Kanji

理logic, arrangement, reason
解unravel, notes, key

Related words· 21

分わかるN5sense 1
分かる is an intransitive verb for coming to understand something spontaneously, while 理解 is a noun/する-verb for a deliberate, deeper act of comprehending.
把は握あくN1sense 1
把握 means grasping facts or a situation firmly and often implies gaining control over it, while 理解 covers a broader range including emotional or artistic comprehension.
納なっ得とくN3sense 1
納得 means being convinced or satisfied that something makes sense, whereas 理解 simply means understanding the content without necessarily agreeing or accepting it.
了りょう解かいN1sense 1
了解 often means acknowledging or confirming that one understands (as in giving consent or a go-ahead), while 理解 focuses on the mental process of comprehension itself.

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掴つかむN3
理解する is the plain, formal verb for understanding, while 掴む is more colloquial and vivid, suggesting a sudden grasp of the point or feeling.
通つうじ
理解 is the general, everyday word for understanding, while 通じ in this sense is narrower, describing how readily one's meaning gets across to another person.
悟さとり
理解 is the everyday word for understanding facts, explanations, or people, while 悟り carries a more abstract, reflective nuance of grasping something deeply.
分わかり
理解 is a formal, intellectual term for comprehension, while 分かり is a colloquial, everyday word for the same idea.
認にん識しきN2
理解 refers to deeply grasping the meaning or logic of something, while 認識 refers more to acknowledging or perceiving that something exists or is true.
読どっ解かい
理解 is the general word for understanding anything, while 読解 refers specifically to comprehending written text.
解かいする
理解する is the everyday, general word for 'to understand', while 解する is more formal and often implies a deeper or more nuanced comprehension.
解かい釈しゃくN3
理解 is simply comprehending or understanding something, while 解釈 is the active process of assigning a particular meaning or reading to it.
悟さとるN1
理解する is neutral intellectual understanding, while 悟る suggests a more personal, intuitive, or profound comprehension.
飲のみ込こむN1
理解する is a neutral, formal word for understanding, while 飲み込む implies mentally absorbing information after some effort.
心こころ得えるN2
理解する focuses on logical comprehension, whereas 心得る adds a sense of personal experience or preparedness behind the understanding.
知しるN5
理解する stresses logically comprehending a concept or explanation, while 知る (in its 'understand' sense) can also cover a more intuitive or experiential grasp.
合が点てん
理解 refers to intellectual comprehension of something, whereas 合点 adds the nuance of a feeling that something 'clicks' or is acceptable.
疎そ通つうN1
理解 describes the resulting state of comprehension, while 疎通 describes the process of ideas flowing smoothly between people.
消しょう化かN2
理解 refers to the act of comprehending something, while 消化 (in its extended sense) stresses fully internalizing and making use of what one has learned over time.
汲くみ取とるN1
理解する is a general, neutral word for understanding anything, while 汲み取る specifically stresses picking up on someone's unstated feelings or circumstances.
捕とらえるN2
理解する is a general, neutral word for understanding, while 捉える carries a nuance of actively interpreting or pinning down a specific aspect.

Opposites

誤ご解かいN3sense 1
誤解 means a mistaken or incorrect understanding, the opposite of 理解, which means correctly grasping the meaning or feelings involved.
暗あん記きN3
理解 means understanding the meaning or logic behind something, in contrast to 暗記, which is memorizing without necessarily understanding it.

Don't confuse with

解かい釈しゃくN3sense 1
解釈 means interpreting or explaining the meaning of something in a particular way, while 理解 means simply understanding it, without necessarily offering an interpretation.

Word family· 8

無む理り解かい
lack of understanding; lack of sympathy
理り解かい力りょく
comprehension; understanding; ability to understand
理り解かい度ど
level of understanding; degree of comprehension
理り解かい者しゃ
understanding person; supporter
理り解かい不ふ能のう
incomprehensible; impossible to understand

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理り解かい語ご彙い
passive vocabulary; receptive vocabulary
相そう互ご理り解かい
mutual understanding
自し然ぜん言げん語ご理り解かい
natural language understanding; NLU

Etymology

Sino-Japanese word from 理 (logic, reason) and 解 (untie, solve, understand). The combination conveys the idea of logically untying or resolving something to reach understanding.