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N3 Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

()to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack, to unsew, to unstitch, to solve, to work out, to answer, to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease, to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege), to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss, to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)

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    1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack

    2. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to unsew, to unstitch

    3. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to solve, to work out, to answer

    4. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      4.

      to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease

    5. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      5.

      to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege)

    6. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      6.

      to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss

    7. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      7.

      to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)

      Usually written using kana alone, also written as 梳く,

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    Examples

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      (かた)(ひも)(むす)()()いてくれませんか?

      Could you untie the knot in the shoulder strap?

      • N3

      (かれ)(たの)めば事件(じけん)(なぞ)()ぐに()いてくれるだろう。

      If you ask him, he will solve the mystery of the case right away.

      • N3

      必死(ひっし)誤解(ごかい)()こうとしたが、どうやら(おそ)かったようだ。

      I desperately tried to clear up the misunderstanding, but apparently it was too late.

      • N3

      化学(かがく)物質(ぶっしつ)による汚染(おせん)がなくなるまで封鎖(ふうさ)()かれる(こと)はありません。

      The blockade will not be lifted until the chemical contamination is removed.

      • N3

      日本人(にほんじん)欧米(おうべい)(ひと)(くら)べて(つつ)みを()のが丁寧(ていねい)であると()われています。

      It is said that Japanese are more careful in unwrapping than Westerners.

      • N2
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