You Know 'Wakarimasen'. Here's the One Word That Means the Opposite.
To say Got it / understood in Japanese, say わかりました (wakarimashita).
You learned 「わかりません」, I don't understand. Here's the word that means you got it.
わかりました
wakarimashita
Got it / understood
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- わかりました。 wakarimashita. Got it.
- はい、わかりました。 hai, wakarimashita. Yes, got it.
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