解く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
解
Grade: 5

Verb

解く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ほどく, rōmaji hodoku)

untie; unravel; undo (a fastening); unwrap
dispel (doubts); clear up (a matter)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほどく [hòdóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞do̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Related terms

解 (ほど)ける (hodokeru)

Verb

解く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana とく, rōmaji toku)

solve (a problem); answer (a question); unravel (a riddle)
(of hair) comb; untangle

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とく [tóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Related terms

解 (と)ける (tokeru)

References

1 2 Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.

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