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“To decipher” in Japanese

Short answer

読み解く yomitoku よみとく

To decipher in Japanese is “読み解く” (yomitoku). Full meaning: to read and understand, to interpret (e.g. a difficult text), to read deeply, to read carefully, to analyze; to decipher, to decode.

Other ways to say “To decipher” in Japanese

判ずる hanzuru to judge, to decide; to solve, to decipher, to puzzle out, to interpret; to divine, to guess, to make out 読みとく yomitoku to read and understand, to interpret (e.g. a difficult text), to read deeply, to read carefully, to analyze; to decipher, to decode よみ解く yomitoku to read and understand, to interpret (e.g. a difficult text), to read deeply, to read carefully, to analyze; to decipher, to decode 訓み解く yomitoku to read and understand, to interpret (e.g. a difficult text), to read deeply, to read carefully, to analyze; to decipher, to decode よみとく yomitoku to read and understand, to interpret (e.g. a difficult text), to read deeply, to read carefully, to analyze; to decipher, to decode 判じる hanjiru to judge, to decide; to solve, to decipher, to puzzle out, to interpret; to divine, to guess, to make out 読み解ける yomitokeru to read and understand, to interpret (e.g. a difficult text), to read deeply, to read carefully, to analyze; to decipher, to decode よみとい yomitoi to read and understand, to interpret (e.g. a difficult text), to read deeply, to read carefully, to analyze; to decipher, to decode よみ解か yomitoka to read and understand, to interpret (e.g. a difficult text), to read deeply, to read carefully, to analyze; to decipher, to decode 訓み解き yomitoki to read and understand, to interpret (e.g. a difficult text), to read deeply, to read carefully, to analyze; to decipher, to decode 読みとこ yomitoko to read and understand, to interpret (e.g. a difficult text), to read deeply, to read carefully, to analyze; to decipher, to decode

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