"ひもとく" meaning in Japanese

See ひもとく in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [çimo̞to̞kɯ̟]
Etymology: From 紐(ひも) (himo, “string”) + 解(と)く (toku, “to undo”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|紐|ひも|解く|とく|t1=string|t2=to undo}} 紐(ひも) (himo, “string”) + 解(と)く (toku, “to undo”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=ひもとく|tr=tr|type=1}} ひもとく • (himotoku) ^(←ひもとく (fimotoku)?)transitive godan (stem ひもとき (himotoki), past ひもといた (himotoita)) Forms: himotoku [romanization], fimotoku [romanization], ひもとき [stem], ひもといた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], ひもとか [error-unrecognized-form], himotoka [error-unrecognized-form], ひもとき [error-unrecognized-form], himotoki [error-unrecognized-form], ひもとく [error-unrecognized-form], himotoku [error-unrecognized-form], ひもとけ [error-unrecognized-form], himotoke [error-unrecognized-form], ひもとかれる [passive], himotokareru [passive], ひもとかせる [causative], ひもとかす [causative], himotokaseru [causative], himotokasu [causative], ひもとける [potential], himotokeru [potential], ひもとこう [volitional], himotokō [volitional], ひもとかない [negative], himotokanai [negative], ひもとかず [continuative, negative], himotokazu [continuative, negative], ひもときます [formal], himotokimasu [formal], ひもといた [perfective], himotoita [perfective], ひもといて [conjunctive], himotoite [conjunctive], ひもとけば [conditional, hypothetical], himotokeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to read (a book)
    Sense id: en-ひもとく-ja-verb-MovrTALn
  2. to investigate by reading
    Sense id: en-ひもとく-ja-verb-acFNg4lt Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
     
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        "3": "解く",
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      "expansion": "紐(ひも) (himo, “string”) + 解(と)く (toku, “to undo”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From 紐(ひも) (himo, “string”) + 解(と)く (toku, “to undo”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "himotoku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fimotoku",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ひもとき",
      "roman": "himotoki",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもといた",
      "roman": "himotoita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとか",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotoka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotoki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotoku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとかれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとかせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとかず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもときます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもといた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotoita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもといて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotoite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとけば",
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        "conditional",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to read (a book)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ひもとく-ja-verb-MovrTALn",
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
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        },
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          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
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        {
          "english": "to investigate history",
          "roman": "rekishi o himotoku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "歴",
              "れき"
            ],
            [
              "史",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "to investigate by reading"
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          "investigate",
          "investigate"
        ]
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "ひもとく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[çimo̞to̞kɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ひもとく"
}

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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "form": "ひもとき",
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      "form": "ひもとけ",
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    {
      "form": "ひもとかれる",
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    {
      "form": "himotokareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとかせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "himotokasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    {
      "form": "ひもとける",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "himotokeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "ひもとこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "himotokō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ひもとかず",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "himotokazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもときます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotokimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひもといた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himotoita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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    {
      "form": "ひもといて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "himotoite",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "ひもとけば",
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to read (a book)"
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              "史",
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      "other": "ひもとく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[çimo̞to̞kɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ひもとく"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ひもとく meaning in Japanese (4.3kB)

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