decipher

判読する、読み解く

読みにくい文字や文章を何とか読み取って理解する。

やさしい英語で： To manage to read or understand writing that is difficult to make out.

• I can’t decipher your handwriting.
• She deciphered the faded words on the postcard.
• Can anyone decipher this signature?

類義語： make out, read

よく使う表現： decipher someone’s handwriting, decipher a note, hard to decipher

解読する、復号する

暗号で隠された元の言葉を読み取る。

やさしい英語で： To work out the ordinary words hidden in a secret code.

• They deciphered the secret message.
• Can you decipher this code without the key?
• Experts are trying to decipher the intercepted signals.

類義語： decode, decrypt

反対語： encode, encrypt

よく使う表現： decipher a code, decipher a message, decipher secret writing

解き明かす、解く

難しい問題の答えを考えて見つけ出す。

やさしい英語で： To work out the answer to a difficult problem.

• We finally deciphered the puzzle.
• She tried to decipher the mystery behind the missing files.
• Can you decipher this logic problem?

類義語： solve, figure out, unravel

よく使う表現： decipher a puzzle, decipher a mystery, decipher the problem