N31443/1669

解とく

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbusually written using kana alone

とく

to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack
to unsew, to unstitch
to solve, to work out, to answer
to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease
to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege)
to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss
to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)

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Example sentences

この問題もんだいを解とくのは難むずかしい。

Solving this problem is difficult.

彼女かのじょは数学すうがくの問題もんだいをすぐに解といた。

She solved the math problem right away.

荷物にもつのひもをまだ解といていない。

I haven't untied the cord on the luggage yet.

先生せんせいは彼かれの誤解ごかいを解とくために丁寧ていねいに説明せつめいした。

The teacher explained carefully in order to dispel his misunderstanding.

長年ながねんの禁止令きんしれいをようやく解とくことができた。

We were finally able to lift the long-standing ban.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)