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解く とく N3

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

解く ほどく N2

  1. to loosen; to undo; to unfasten; to unlace; to unpack; to unravel; to untie

切り解く きりほどく

  1. to cut open (a tied bundle); to release (prisoners)

禁を解く きんをとく

  1. to lift (remove) a ban

結び目を解く むすびめをほどく

  1. to undo a knot

紐解く ひもとく

  1. to open (a book) to read; to read (a book)
  2. to discover (the truth); to unravel (e.g. a mystery)

髪を解く かみをほどく

  1. to let down one's hair; to undo hair

読み解く よみとく

  1. to analyze; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read and understand; to read carefully; to read deeply
  2. to decipher; to decode

謎を解く なぞをとく

  1. to solve a mystery

武装を解く ぶそうをとく

  1. to demilitarize; to disarm; to lay down one's arms
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