NichiDict

ほどく

N3
解く
[hodoku]
Illustration for 解く

Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

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

Other Readings

解く」 has another reading with different meanings.

Examples

包帯を解いて傷を見せてください。

Please undo the bandage and show me the wound.

母は古いセーターの毛糸を解いた

My mother unraveled the yarn from an old sweater.

彼女は靴紐をゆっくり解いている

She is slowly untying her shoelaces.