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deciphering, decoding, reading and interpreting
The act of reading and interpreting something difficult to understand, such as coded messages, ancient scripts, illegible handwriting, or complex data. Implies effort and skill in extracting meaning from something not immediately comprehensible.
暗号を解読する。
To decipher a code.
古代文字の解読に成功した。
They succeeded in deciphering the ancient script.
DNA情報の解読によって、新しい治療法が開発された。
New treatments were developed through the decoding of DNA information.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 暗号を解読する: to decipher a code/cipher
- 古文書を解読する: to decipher old documents
- 解読に成功する: to succeed in deciphering
- 解読不能: undecipherable, impossible to decode
- ゲノムの解読: genome decoding
USAGE:
Used for any situation requiring effort to extract meaning from something hard to read or understand. Common contexts include cryptography, archaeology, genetics, and even reading someone's difficult handwriting. The nuance is always that the source material is obscure or encoded in some way.