toku

Godan Verb (ku)

1. to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack

Transitive
Godan Verb (ku)

2. to unsew; to unstitch

Transitive
Godan Verb (ku)

3. to solve; to work out; to answer

Transitive
この医師 いしはガンの おうくの不可解 ふかかい てん こうと努力 どりょくしている。
kono ishiwa ganno ōkuno fukakaina ten'o tokōto doryoku shite iru.
The doctor is trying to solve many of the riddles of cancer.
Godan Verb (ku)

4. to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease

Transitive
かれ重責 じゅうせき かれた。
karewa jūsekio tokareta.
He was relieved of his heavy responsibility.
Godan Verb (ku)

5. to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)

Transitive
Godan Verb (ku)

6. to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss

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Godan Verb (ku)

7. to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

Transitive
Usually Written in Kana
Related to とかす
外出 がいしゅつする まえ かみ くしでときなさい。
gaishutsu suru maeni kamio kushide tokinasai.
Comb your hair before you go out.
彼女 かのじょ かみをくしでといてリボンで むすんだ。
kanojowa kamio kushide toite ribonde musunda.
She combed her hair and bound it with a ribbon.
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