溶ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
溶
と
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
融ける
熔ける
鎔ける

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "溶ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		溶ける とけ​る
Imperative (命令形) 溶けろ とけ​ろ
Key constructions
Passive 溶けられる とけられ​る
Causative 溶けさせる とけさせ​る
Potential - - -
Volitional 溶けよう とけよ​ー
Negative 溶けない とけ​ない
Negative perfective 溶けなかった とけ​なかった
Formal 溶けます とけま​す
Perfective 溶けた と​けた
Conjunctive 溶けて と​けて
Hypothetical conditional 溶ければ とけ​れば

Verb

溶(と)ける • (tokeru) intransitive ichidan (stem 溶(と)け (toke), past 溶(と)けた (toketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 溶かす
mediopassive 溶ける
  1. be dissolved
    塩(しお)が水(みず)に溶(と)けた。
    Shio ga mizu ni toketa.
    The salt dissolved in water.
  2. be dissolvable, be dissoluble, be soluble
    亜鉛(あえん)は塩酸(えんさん)に溶(と)ける。
    Aen wa ensan ni tokeru.
    Zinc is soluble in hydrochloric acid.
  3. melt, thaw
    春(はる)には雪(ゆき)が融(と)ける。
    Haru ni wa yuki ga tokeru.
    Snow melts in the spring.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "溶ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 溶け とけ toke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 溶け とけ toke
Shūshikei ("terminal") 溶ける とける tokeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 溶ける とける tokeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 溶けれ とけれ tokere
Meireikei ("imperative") 溶けよ¹
溶けろ² 		とけよ¹
とけろ² 		tokeyo¹
tokero²
Key constructions
Passive 溶けられる とけられる tokerareru
Causative 溶けさせる
溶けさす 		とけさせる
とけさす 		tokesaseru
tokesasu
Potential 溶けられる
溶けれる³ 		とけられる
とけれる³ 		tokerareru
tokereru³
Volitional 溶けよう とけよう tokeyō
Negative 溶けない
溶けぬ
溶けん 		とけない
とけぬ
とけん 		tokenai
tokenu
token
Negative continuative 溶けず とけず tokezu
Formal 溶けます とけます tokemasu
Perfective 溶けた とけた toketa
Conjunctive 溶けて とけて tokete
Hypothetical conditional 溶ければ とければ tokereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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