溶く – 8 Japanese Verbs for Melting

The Japanese word 溶く(とく、)  means to dissolve, break up and so on.  Next, 溶ける(とける、) is the intransitive form of 溶く and means to , melt, dethaw, dissolve etc. You can take this word and combine it with other verbs to create a compound verb to express even more specific ideas.

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Compound verbs are just two verbs stuck together. If you translate these from Japanese to English there is not always an exact equivalent. However, the list I provided below gives a close translation or explanation of what the word means.

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溶かし込む とかしこむ melt or mix something into something else
溶きほぐす ときほぐす untangle (hair), relax (tough muscles), mix an egg
溶け込む とけこむ Melt into
溶け出す とけだす melting out
溶け合う とけあう Melt together
溶け落ちる とけおちる for something to melt and drip down
溶け出る とけでる melt out
溶け残る とけのこる to remain after melting

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