解ける

verb (ichidan)とける · tokeru

1. Englishto be solved; to be worked out

   • いちばん頭の良い生徒でさえ、その問題は解けなかった。Even the brightest student couldn't solve the problem.

2. Englishto come loose; to come untied; to come undone

   • 靴ひもがとけた。My shoelaces came undone.

3. Englishto be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban); to be broken (of a spell, curse, etc.)

4. Englishto dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.); to melt away; to ease; to be allayed

   • そのおかげで誤解が解ける。It removes misunderstandings.

Source: JMdict (EDRDG) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG)