expression:

• the mediocre cannot understand the great - proverb - sensitive ➜ 群盲象を撫でる

expression:

• How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); Only a hero can understand a hero - four character idiom

expression:

• only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom

~す verb (precursor to modern する) / transitive:

• to understand; to comprehend - archaism

expression:

• the phenomenon that perfect reasoning fails if an idiot cannot understand it

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension

noun:

• reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning
• reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters

godan ~う verb:

• to understand (each other); to comprehend

expression / adjective:

• to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about

adjective:

• easy to understand

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• coming to understand

expression:

• please understand that...; please bear in mind that ...

expression:

• in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way

expression:

• walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain [literal] - proverb

noun / godan ~く verb:

• to understand; to keep in mind ➜ お含みおきください

godan ~く verb:

• to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to read carefully (esp. a difficult text) ➜ 読解
• to decipher; to decode ➜ 解読

adjectival noun:

• impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

adjective:

• difficult to understand

expression / ichidan verb:

• to understand the essence; to catch the main points ➜ 壷【つぼ】

godan ~す verb:

• to explain in an easy-to-understand manner

adjective:

• easy to understand

expression:

• a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it [literal] - proverb ➜ 井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず】・井蛙【せいあ】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for
• to consent; to agree

noun:

• awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion