Illustration: A child walking across a school courtyard stops after noticing one sneaker's lace has come loose. The formerly tied bow has collapsed into a slack twist, with one long end trailing across the paving and the remaining loop slipping open. The other shoe still has a neat, secure bow for comparison.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

解とける

tokeru

to be solvable

With knots or laces, it can mean to come untied. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. それ解とける？

    Are you able to solve it?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしにはこの問題もんだい解とけないよ。難むずかしすぎるもん。

    I can’t solve this problem. It’s too difficult for me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 難むずかしい問題もんだいは後回あとまわしにして、解とける問題もんだいから手てをつけます。

    I put off the difficult problems and start with the ones I can solve.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 解

  • 解untie; understandOnカイ・ゲKunとく・とかす・とける

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