N21336/1725

ほどく

usually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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ほどく

Meanings

to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack

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Example sentences

靴くつのひもがほどけてしまったので、結むすび直なおした。

My shoelace came undone, so I tied it again.

荷物にもつを受うけ取とったら、まずひもをほどいてください。

Once you receive the package, please first untie the string.

緊張きんちょうしてしまって、なかなかこの結むすび目めがほどけない。

I'm so nervous that I can't seem to undo this knot.

彼女かのじょは丁寧ていねいにリボンをほどき、プレゼントの箱はこを開あけた。

She carefully undid the ribbon and opened the gift box.

長年ながねん固かたく結むすばれていたその縄なわをほどくには、相当そうとうな力ちからが必要ひつようだった。

It required considerable strength to untie the rope that had been tightly bound for many years.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)