I Love Kanji解く (hodoku)
解く (ほどく, hodoku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to undo; to untie”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ほどく
- Romaji
- hodoku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
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 | ほどく hodoku |
| Polite (~masu) | 解きます | ほどきます hodokimasu |
| Negative | 解かない | ほどかない hodokanai |
| Polite negative | 解きません | ほどきません hodokimasen |
| Past | 解いた | ほどいた hodoita |
| Polite past | 解きました | ほどきました hodokimashita |
| Negative past | 解かなかった | ほどかなかった hodokanakatta |
| Te-form | 解いて | ほどいて hodoite |
| Potential | 解ける | ほどける hodokeru |
| Passive | 解かれる | ほどかれる hodokareru |
| Causative | 解かせる | ほどかせる hodokaseru |
| Volitional | 解こう | ほどこう hodokou |
| Imperative | 解け | ほどけ hodoke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 解けば | ほどけば hodokeba |
Kanji in 解く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 解く.
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Source: JMdict entry 1198900 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.