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溶ける
tokeru
Description
「溶ける」は、氷やチョコレートなどが、あたたかくなって水や液体のようになることです。
"溶ける" means that ice, chocolate, etc., become warm and turn into water or a liquid.
また、砂糖や塩が水の中で見えなくなることも「溶ける」と言います。
Also, when sugar or salt disappears in water, it is also called "溶ける".
Meanings
溶けるtokeru
to melt; to become liquid from heat
アイスが暑さで溶けてしまった。
The ice cream melted because of the heat.
溶けるtokeru
to dissolve in a liquid
砂糖はお湯によく溶けるよ。
Sugar dissolves well in hot water.
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Notes
- Nuance
溶ける is intransitive (something melts); 溶かす is the transitive pair (to melt something).
- Homophone
解ける (tokeru) means to come undone or to solve, written differently.
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