溶ける

とける

融ける解ける熔ける

[tokeru]

Meanings

1.IchidanIntransitive

to melt; to thaw; to fuse

2.IchidanIntransitive

to dissolve

Related Words

溶け込む（とけこむ）derived
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into
溶け合う（とけあう）derived
to melt together

Examples

アイスクリームが溶けてしまった。

The ice cream has melted.

角砂糖を熱いコーヒーにそっと落とすと、ゆっくりと底から溶けてゆき、やがて全体が均一な甘さに包まれた。

When the sugar cube was gently dropped into the hot coffee, it dissolved slowly from the bottom, until at last the whole was wrapped in a uniform sweetness.

日差しを浴びて雪だるまが溶けた。

The snowman melted in the sunlight.