解する

かいする【解する】

⇒ りかいする ， ⇒ かいしゃくする

¶その詩をどう解しますか

What do you make of the poem?

¶ユーモアを～心がある

have a sense of humor.

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かいする【解する】

1 〔わかる〕 understand; comprehend; make out; grasp; get an idea of…; appreciate.

●君は風流を解さないやつだな. You have no sense of taste [feeling for beauty]. | You don't appreciate beauty.

2 〔解釈する〕 interpret; understand; take; read; 《文》 construe.

●彼女の同情を彼は愛情と解した. He took her sympathy for [interpreted her sympathy as] love.

・この文は幾通りにも解することができる. There are several ways of interpreting [taking] this sentence. | This sentence has various (possible) interpretations. | This sentence can be taken in several different ways [as meaning several different things].