understanding

/ˌʌndərˈstændɪŋ/

意味: 理解、理解力

例文: Mutual understanding kept the family united.
　　  相互理解が家族を結束させた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: deep understanding(深い理解), mutual understanding(相互理解), basic understanding(基本的な理解)

定義: 理解すること、または何かを知識として持つこと。物事の意味や理由を知り、他の人の考えや感情を感じ取る能力。

understandingは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the cognitive condition of someone who understands
Noun: the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
Noun: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
Noun: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
Verb: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
Verb: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
Verb: make sense of a language
Verb: believe to be the case
Verb: be understanding of
Adjective: characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Her understanding of the topic improved after the lecture.(彼女は講義の後、そのテーマの理解が深まった。)
We need better understanding between the two teams.(両チーム間の理解を深める必要がある。)
Understanding different cultures enriches our perspectives.(異文化の理解は視野を広げる。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
Noun: they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other’s business
Noun: there was an understanding between management and the workers
Noun: his sympathies were always with the underdog
Noun: I knew I could count on his understanding
Noun: we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil
Verb: She did not understand her husband
Verb: I understand what she means
Verb: Now I see!
Verb: I just can’t see your point
Verb: Does she realize how important this decision is?
Verb: I don’t understand the idea
Verb: She understands French
Verb: Can you read Greek?
Verb: I understand you have no previous experience?
Verb: You don’t need to explain–I understand!
Adjective: an understanding friend

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): agreement, apprehension, discernment, empathise, empathize, infer, intellect, interpret, read, realise, realize, reason, savvy, see, sympathise, sympathize, sympathy, translate, understand, understanding

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): believe, faculty, inclination, knowing, statement, understand

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): agreement, amendment, announcement, answer, assurance, attention, awareness, believe, believe in, bent, bid, bill of rights, buy, call, catch, cautious statement, cognizance, comment, condition, declaration, denominationalism, description, devices, direction, disfavor, drift, estimate, explanans, explanation, explicandum, falsehood, favor, favoritism, follow, formula, grok, impartiality, incognizance, interpret, know, language, literalism, make out, mathematical statement, memory, misstatement, negation, partiality, penetrate, perseveration, pleading, prediction, predisposition, prevision, proclivity, proposition, quotation, read, reason, recital, remark, representation, reservation, restatement, rhetorical question, sense, solution, solve, summary, swallow, sympathy, thing, touch, trust, truth, understand, understanding, understatement, value statement, volition, word

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): appreciate, appreciation, bargain, catch, comprehension, conspiracy, covenant, entente, fair-trade agreement, follow, gentlemen’s agreement, grasping, grok, hindsight, insight, interpret, make out, oral contract, penetrate, perceive, read, realization, reservation, sale, self-knowledge, sense, settlement, severance agreement, smattering, solve, submission, suicide pact, touch, understand, unilateral contract, working agreement, written agreement

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: agree, apprehend, empathy, realisation, realization, reason, savvy, sympathetic, sympathise, sympathize, sympathy, understand, understandable, understanding

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): under

Suffixes(接尾辞): ing

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive, trust