Lingaku解ける【とける】
Frequency rank: 3,354. – 3,356.
- to be solved; to be resolved
- to loosen; to come untied; to come undonesee also 解ける【ほどける】
- to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban); to be broken (spells, curses, etc.)
- to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.); to melt away; to ease; to be appeased; to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.); to be cleared up
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
Forms
- 解ける【とける】Frequency rank: 3,354. – 3,356.
- とけるFrequency rank: 37,313. – 37,771.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to be solved; to be resolved
- to loosen; to come untied; to come undone
- to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban); to be broken (spells, curses, etc.)
- to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.); to melt away; to ease; to be appeased; to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.); to be cleared up
This meaning is used when a problem or question gets answered or clarified.
The mystery was solved, and the truth was revealed.
This meaning refers to something that was tight or secured becoming loose or free.
The shoelace has come undone.
This usage indicates the lifting of limitations or restrictions, often referring to laws, bans, or curses.
This meaning describes the process of emotions or tensions fading away or being resolved.
Generated collocations (experimental)
もんだい問題がとける解けるto solve a problemきんちょう緊張がとける解けるto ease tensionきもち気持ちがとける解けるto have one's feelings easedたば束がとける解けるto come undone of a bundleきん禁がとける解けるto have a ban liftedごかい誤解がとける解けるto resolve a misunderstandingしんぱいが心配がとける解けるto alleviate worryまほう魔法がとける解けるto break a spellしばり縛りがとける解けるto have restrictions removedとける解けるいと糸loose threadかんぜん完全にとける解けるto be completely resolved
Example sentences
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Sleeping on a problem solves it as easily as pouring oil on troubled waters.
To tell the truth, I didn't solve this question.
She gave me such a sincere welcome that I was at home with her immediately.
Clever as he is, he still cannot solve this math problem.
Since he could not work out the problem that way, he tried another way.
None of his students could solve the problem.
In those days, or at any rate in Cambridge, laboratory life was rather informal.