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合点 (がてん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
understanding ; being convinced ; assent ; agreement
Used when something makes sense to someone and is accepted as reasonable. Especially common in the patterns 合点がいく and 合点がいかない; 合点する can also mean to assent or consent, though 納得する or 同意する may be more common in everyday wording.
That explanation just does not quite make sense to me.
Similar words 納なっ 得とく Often the closest modern everyday equivalent for being convinced or satisfied by an explanation; 合点 is common in set patterns like 合点がいく.
理り 解かい Means intellectual understanding or comprehension; 合点 also includes the feeling that something clicks or is acceptable.
同どう 意い A more direct word for agreement or consent; 合点 can imply consent, but often through understanding or acceptance.
Etymology The historical derivation is not specified. The spelling combines 合, associated with fitting or coming together, and 点, a point or mark; this matches the modern ideas of reaching understanding or agreement.
