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解きほどく解き解く
ときほどく
1. [v5k,vt]
▶ to unravel
▶ to unpick
▶ to unstitch
2. [v5k,vt]
▶ to explain in detail
▶ to unravel

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2022-11-03 00:26:24  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj: 転じて、こまかに説明する。「ここに到る経緯を―・く」
nikk: 一つ一つ細かく説明する。手ほどきする。解説する。
  Comments:
I don't think "decipher" works.
  Diff:
@@ -24 +24 @@
-<gloss>to decipher</gloss>
+<gloss>to unravel</gloss>
1. A* 2022-11-01 00:35:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5 (only sense 1), Koj
解きほどく	268	66.7%
ときほどく	85	21.1%
解き解く	49	12.2%
  Comments:
Encountered this in a book title where it meant sense 2.

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