解く

とく· also ほどく

to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo

JLPT N3 Common word Also written 梳く

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-ku), Transitive

    to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
  2. to unsew; to unstitch
  3. to solve; to work out; to answer
  4. to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease
  5. to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)
All 8 meanings
  1. to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss
  2. to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
  3. to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen; to unpack

Forms

PlainPolite
Present解くとく解きますときます
Negative解かないとかない解きませんときません
Past解いたといた解きましたときました
Past negative解かなかったとかなかった解きませんでしたときませんでした
Te-form解いてといて
Potential解けるとける
Passive解かれるとかれる
Causative解かせるとかせる
Volitional解こうとこう
Imperative解けとけ
Conditional (ば)解けばとけば
Conditional (たら)解いたらといたら

Example sentences

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