説せつ明めいがつく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

be explainable; make sense; be accountable

Used when a situation, action, or fact can be logically explained or justified. Often appears in negative or conditional forms to indicate something is inexplicable or cannot be accounted for.

• なぜ彼かれがそんなことをしたのか、説せつ明めいがつかない。

  I can't explain why he did such a thing.

• この現げん象しょうには科か学がく的てきな説せつ明めいがつく。

  This phenomenon can be explained scientifically.