N21459/1725

ける

Ichidan verbverb (generic)intransitive verbcolloquial

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Meanings

  • to melt, to liquefy, to soften (e.g. through heat), to thaw
  • to dissolve (in a liquid), to be soluble (in)
  • to be used up (of money or time), to be wasted, to melt away

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Example sentences

チョコレートは体温たいおんける

Chocolate melts at body temperature.

砂糖さとうはおやすい。

Sugar dissolves easily in hot water.

はるになってゆきけた

Spring came and the snow melted.

このプラスチックはさんにはけない

This plastic does not dissolve in acid.

バターがフライパンのうえけていくのをていた。

I watched the butter melting away in the frying pan.