ひもとく

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
繙く
紐解く

Etymology

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From (ひも) (himo, string) + () (toku, to undo).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ひもとく (himotokuひもとく (fimotoku)?transitive godan (stem ひもとき (himotoki), past ひもといた (himotoita))

  1. to read (a book)
  2. to investigate by reading
    (れき)()ひもとく
    rekishi o himotoku
    to investigate history

Conjugation

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References

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