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What does 分かる (わかる, wakaru) mean?

分かる (わかる, wakaru) means to understand.

Quick facts
Readingわかる
Romajiwakaru
Part of speechgodan verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
わかる
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonwakaru

to understand

  1. 1godan verb · intransitive to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
  2. 2godan verb · intransitive to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
  3. 3interjection I know!; I think so too!

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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