To read and carefully understand or interpret something (e.g., a difficult text or a situation).
古い文献を読み解くには、当時の背景知識が必要だ。
To interpret old literature, background knowledge of the period is necessary.
彼の書いた論文を読み解くのに半日かかった。
It took me half a day to read and make sense of his paper.
相手の表情を読み解くことで、会話がスムーズになる。
Interpreting the other person's facial expressions makes conversation smoother.
To decipher or decode something (e.g., a code or difficult script).
古代の碑文を読み解くには専門家の知識が必要だ。
Deciphering ancient inscriptions requires specialist knowledge.
暗号文を読み解くためにチームで解析を進めた。
The team worked together to decipher the cipher text.