蕩ける

• 読み: とろける
• ローマ字: torokeru
• 漢字の分解: 蕩 (toro/tou) — to melt, dissolve, be charmed
• 発音: /to.ɾo.ke.ɾɯ/

意味

To melt and become soft or liquid; to dissolve. Also used figuratively when overwhelmed by pleasure or beauty.

A Group 2 (ichidan) intransitive verb. Often written in hiragana as とろける. Used literally for food (cheese, chocolate) melting, and figuratively for being enchanted or blissfully relaxed. Very common in food descriptions.

例文

1. このチーズケーキは口の中でとろける。
2. 温泉に浸かると体がとろけるように気持ちいい。
3. 彼の甘い言葉に思わずとろけそうになった。

使い方ガイド

場面: food, romance, relaxation

トーン: sensory

起源と歴史

Related to とろとろ (onomatopoeia for something thick and melting). The kanji 蕩 means to melt or be dissolute, though the hiragana form is far more common.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal