Illustration: In a community garden, several hoses cross near a tap, and one gardener holds a watering nozzle that produces only a weak dribble. A second gardener crouches where the hoses intersect, following the affected hose continuously with one finger from the tap toward the nozzle.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

把は握あく

haaku

to grasp, to understand

Example sentences

  1. そのスピーチの要点ようてんは把握はあくできた。

    I was able to grasp the main points of the speech.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは情勢じょうせいを把握はあくすることができる。

    She is able to grasp the situation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは彼かれの議論ぎろんの全体像ぜんたいぞうを把握はあくした。

    I grasped the entire structure of his argument.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 把握

  • 把grasp; faggotOnハ・ワ
  • 握grip; holdOnアクKunにぎる

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