JLPT N5 · Verb

分かる (wakaru)

分かる (わかる, wakaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to understand; to comprehend”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
わかる
Romaji
wakaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
  2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized (realised); to be found out · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
  3. I know!; I think so too! · interjection

Example sentences

「博、君の気持ちは分かるよ」とマイクが言います。
"I understand how you feel, Hiroshi," says Mike.
彼が有名な人物だというのがわかります。
I understand that he's something of a famous personality.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 分かる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary分かるわかる wakaru
Polite (~masu)分かりますわかります wakarimasu
Negative分からないわからない wakaranai
Polite negative分かりませんわかりません wakarimasen
Past分かったわかった wakatta
Polite past分かりましたわかりました wakarimashita
Negative past分からなかったわからなかった wakaranakatta
Te-form分かってわかって wakatte
Potential分かれるわかれる wakareru
Passive分かられるわかられる wakarareru
Causative分からせるわからせる wakaraseru
Volitional分かろうわかろう wakarou
Imperative分かれわかれ wakare
Conditional (~ba)分かればわかれば wakareba

Kanji in 分かる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 分かる.

Source: JMdict entry 1606560 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.