Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
2. to unsew; to unstitch
3. to solve; to work out; to answer
4. to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease
5. to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)
6. to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss
7. to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to solve a mystery
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
to lay down one's arms; to disarm; to demilitarize
to lift (remove) a ban
to enter government service; to become an official; to don an official uniform; (lit.) to remove commoners' clothing
to leave government service; to resign from a public position; (lit.) to untie the ribbon
Examples (59 in total)
Were you able to solve the problem?
He solved all the problems.
I solved the problem easily.