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解く (ほどく): to unfasten — Japanese vocabulary

解く is read ほどく and means "to unfasten". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

解く

Reading
ほどく · hodoku
Translation
to unfasten
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ほどくが

Example

最初に、彼は靴ひもをほどいてくつを脱いだ。

さいしょに、かれはくつひもをほどいてくつをぬいだ。

The first thing he did was to untie his shoelaces and take his shoes off.

Kanji in this word

  • 解 — solve, untie

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