分かる

How to remember it

分 means "divide" — break a thing into parts until its meaning becomes clear.

Example sentences

• 日本語が分かりますか。

  にほんごがわかりますか。

  Do you understand Japanese?

• この問題はよく分かりません。

  このもんだいはよくわかりません。

  I don't really understand this problem.

Usage

Takes が, not を — the understood thing is the subject.

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