解く

とくtoku

solve

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 省く, 轢く, 噛みつく

  • Another 解く

    Written the same way, 解く read ほどく is another verb, with its own page.

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative解きますときますtokimasu
    2. negative解きませんときませんtokimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative解きましたときましたtokimashita
    2. negative解きませんでしたときませんでしたtokimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 解いてといてtoite
    2. request解いてくださいといてくださいtoite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 解きましょうときましょうtokimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative解きたいときたいtokitai
    2. negative解きたくないときたくないtokitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative解くとくtoku
    2. negative解かないとかないtokanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative解いたといたtoita
    2. negative解かなかったとかなかったtokanakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain解いているといているtoite iru
    2. polite解いていますといていますtoite imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain解けるとけるtokeru
    2. polite解けますとけますtokemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 解いたらといたらtoitara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain解かれるとかれるtokareru
    2. polite解かれますとかれますtokaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 解こうとこうtokō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order解けとけtoke
    2. ban解くなとくなtoku na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative解けばとけばtokeba
    2. negative解かなければとかなければtokanakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain解かせるとかせるtokaseru
    2. polite解かせますとかせますtokasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain解かせられるとかせられるtokaserareru
    2. polite解かせられますとかせられますtokaseraremasu