解ける

• 読み: とける
• ローマ字: tokeru
• 漢字の分解: 解 (kai/ge/to) — untie, solve, release
• 発音: /to.ke.ɾɯ/

意味

To come untied; to come apart; to be solved. Something loosening or being resolved on its own.

A Group 2 (ichidan) intransitive verb conjugated by dropping る (解けない, 解けます). Used for knots coming undone, misunderstandings being cleared up, spells being broken, and math problems being solved. The transitive pair is 解く (to untie, to solve). Distinct from the homophone 溶ける (to melt) — this word is about undoing or resolving.

例文

1. 靴ひもが走っている間に解けてしまった。
2. やっと難しい数学の問題が解けた。
3. 彼との誤解が話し合いで解けた。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, education, interpersonal

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 解 combines 角 (horn), 刀 (knife), and 牛 (cow), originally depicting the act of cutting apart an animal — hence meanings of separation, undoing, and solving.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal