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jmdict 2788180 Active (id: 1140933)
とぐろを解く塒を解く蜷局を解く
とぐろをほどく
1. [exp,v5k]
▶ to uncoil itself

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2013-05-27 23:40:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
プログレッシブ (has it in the "uncoil" gloss.)
  Comments:
280k hits.
1. A* 2013-05-27 22:47:23  winnie <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://www.websaru.org/uncoil.html  
http://hebidas.web.fc2.com/m4/m402.htm  
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/all/とぐろ/m0u/
  Comments:
Opposite of  とぐろを巻く.  

In the book I'm reading, 解く was given the furigana reading とく, but the references I found online all use ほどく. So perhaps it's both, but I can't find supporting evidence for とく, so I've only listed ほどく.

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