分かる

• 読み: わかる
• ローマ字: wakaru
• 漢字の分解: 分 (bun/wa) — to divide, part, to understand
• 発音: /ɰa.ka.ɾɯ/

意味

To understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb with an r-stem. The subject of understanding takes the particle が (not を), because 分かる describes a state rather than an action performed on something. Often used in the negative 分からない (I don't understand) and the polite request 分かりますか (Do you understand?).

例文

1. 日本語が少し分かります。
2. すみません、分かりません。
3. やっと問題が分かった。

使い方ガイド

場面: conversation, education, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From the verb 分ける (wakeru, to divide/separate). The idea is that understanding comes from being able to distinguish and separate concepts clearly.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal