Illustration: At a Japanese home breakfast table, a thick slice of freshly toasted bread holds a small pat of butter. The butter's upper corners remain recognizable, but its base has softened into a glossy pool that runs into the bread's surface and drips over one edge.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

とろける

torokeru

to melt, to become soft

Example sentences

  1. チーズが口くちの中なかで蕩とろけます。

    The cheese melts in my mouth.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. とろりとおいしいとろけるチーズ

    gooey and delicious melting cheese

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. やや煮込にこみ時間じかんが長ながく、カツの衣ころもはとろける状態じょうたいになっている。

    The batter is very soggy as the cutlet is cooked slightly longer than usual.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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