JLPT N3 · Verb

溶ける (tokeru)

溶ける (とける, tokeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to melt; to liquefy”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: とける
Romaji: tokeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to melt; to liquefy; to soften (e.g. through heat); to thaw · ichidan verb, intransitive
to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted; to melt away · ichidan verb, intransitive · colloquial

Example sentences

氷が溶けると液体になる。

When ice melts, it becomes liquid.

Tatoeba #85398

砂糖は水に溶ける。

Sugar dissolves in water.

Tatoeba #170881

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 溶ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	溶ける	とける tokeru
Polite (~masu)	溶けます	とけます tokemasu
Negative	溶けない	とけない tokenai
Polite negative	溶けません	とけません tokemasen
Past	溶けた	とけた toketa
Polite past	溶けました	とけました tokemashita
Negative past	溶けなかった	とけなかった tokenakatta
Te-form	溶けて	とけて tokete
Potential	溶けられる	とけられる tokerareru
Passive	溶けられる	とけられる tokerareru
Causative	溶けさせる	とけさせる tokesaseru
Volitional	溶けよう	とけよう tokeyou
Imperative	溶けろ	とけろ tokero
Conditional (~ba)	溶ければ	とければ tokereba

Kanji in 溶ける

溶

melt, dissolve, thawヨウ・と.ける・と.かす · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 溶ける.

溶くとくto mix (e.g. water with flour)溶岩ようがんlava溶かすとかすto melt溶け込むとけこむto melt into溶液ようえきsolution (liquid)

Source: JMdict entry 1546070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.