JLPT N3 · Verb

解く (toku)

解く (とく, toku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to untie; to unfasten”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: とく
Romaji: toku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind · godan verb, transitive
to unsew; to unstitch · godan verb, transitive
to solve; to work out; to answer · godan verb, transitive
to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease · godan verb, transitive
to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

この医師はガンの多くの不可解な点を解こうと努力している。

The doctor is trying to solve many of the riddles of cancer.

Tatoeba #222954

彼は重責を解かれた。

He was relieved of his heavy responsibility.

Tatoeba #104339

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

Conjugation of 解く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	解く	とく toku
Polite (~masu)	解きます	ときます tokimasu
Negative	解かない	とかない tokanai
Polite negative	解きません	ときません tokimasen
Past	解いた	といた toita
Polite past	解きました	ときました tokimashita
Negative past	解かなかった	とかなかった tokanakatta
Te-form	解いて	といて toite
Potential	解ける	とける tokeru
Passive	解かれる	とかれる tokareru
Causative	解かせる	とかせる tokaseru
Volitional	解こう	とこう tokou
Imperative	解け	とけ toke
Conditional (~ba)	解けば	とけば tokeba

Kanji in 解く

解

unravel, notes, keyカイ・ゲ・と.く・と.かす · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 解く.

解決かいけつsettlement解釈かいしゃくinterpretation見解けんかいopinion誤解ごかいmisunderstanding理解りかいunderstanding解けるとけるto be solved解散かいさんbreaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.)解説かいせつexplanation解答かいとうanswer解放かいほうrelease分解ぶんかいdisassembly解除かいじょtermination (of a contract)解剖かいぼうdissection正解せいかいcorrect answer

Source: JMdict entry 1198890 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.