N2868/1725

溶とかす

rarely used kanji formgodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbcolloquial

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とかす

Meanings

to melt, to liquefy, to thaw
to dissolve (in a liquid), to bring into solution
to lose (money; through gambling, etc.), to squander

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Example sentences

砂糖さとうをお湯おゆに溶とかしてから、紅茶こうちゃに入いれてください。

Please dissolve the sugar in hot water before putting it in the tea.

バターを弱火よわびで溶とかすと、料理りょうりがおいしくなる。

If you melt the butter over low heat, the dish becomes more delicious.

雪ゆきを溶とかすのに、塩しおをまくのが効果的こうかてきだ。

Spreading salt is effective for melting snow.

薬くすりを水みずに溶とかさないで飲のんでも、効果こうかは変かわらない。

Even if you take the medicine without dissolving it in water, the effect doesn't change.

チョコレートを湯煎ゆせんで丁寧ていねいに溶とかし、型かたに流ながし込こんで固かためた。

I carefully melted the chocolate in a double boiler, poured it into a mold, and let it set.

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.)