分かりません is the most common In my experience. Sometimes different kanji get used in different contexts for some words. Like 離すand　放す, first is like "let something go" and second is like "let an animal of a leash" so you could argue its a different word but it's said the same and has practically the same meaning but it's contextually different and the kanji is written differently to reflect that. I don't know the case for wakarimasen but like I said 分かりません is most common.

Last edited by mezbup (2009 November 02, 6:30 pm)

｢分かる｣→一般的に使われる分かる (understand)
・事情が分かる、消息が分かる
｢解る｣→理解する (comprehend)
・英語が解る
・意味が解る
｢判る｣→区別や判別ができる (understand the difference between x and y)
・善悪が判る
・違いが判る

Most natives will just use hiragana or 分かる for everything though.

Last edited by Jarvik7 (2009 November 02, 6:46 pm)

@Tomnook

I believe you are using the AJATT sentence pack like me. I noticed that too and i asked my Japanese friend and ex-GF who is japanese too about the 解 and 解かりません error. They both told me that 解りません should read (わか)*りません ie. 解 = わか
I emailed AJATT about it, but have yet to hear a response.
Rikaichan also identifies 解りません without the the extra か.

So, based on 3 sources I also removed the extra か from the sentence and put that into my srs instead (ie.よく解りません). Don't worry too much about it though, like the others said 分かりません is more common anyways.

Last edited by sig550a4 (2009 November 02, 7:23 pm)

Gathering sentences from real native sources solves problems like these With sentence packs, the context is lost. Go native!