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I'm wondering about this specific piece of grammar. I think you use "wakaru",
but what do you use it with? Do you use a particle, like "to" or maybe some
other construction?

For example, if you wanted to say: "She understood that time was running
out.", what would you say/write?

-- Thank you! ^^ (It says to not post this as a comment and somehow the
comment button doesn't even work for me... oh well.)
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grammar subordinate-clauses
"Understand that..." in Japanese
I would probably say something like :

> 時間が尽きてることってわかっていた

But I am not a native speaker so this may not be the best one...
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I'm also not a native speaker but I would write the following

> 彼女は時間が少ししか残ってなかったことが理解していました。
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> The girl understood (was aware) that there was little time left.
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You can say:

> もう(あまり)時間がないとわかった。(She realized that...)  
>  or  
>  もう(あまり)時間がないとわかっていた。(She was aware that...)

using the quotative particle と. Or:

> もう(あまり)時間がないことがわかった。(She realized...)  
>  or  
>  もう(あまり)時間がないことがわかっていた。(She was aware that...)

using the case particle が: 「～～が+わかる」

If you use 理解する, add the particle を:

> もう(あまり)時間がないことを理解した。(She realized...)  
>  or  
>  もう(あまり)時間がないことを理解していた。(She was aware...)
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