ひもとく

Japanese
Alternative spellings
繙く
紐解く

Etymology

From 紐(ひも) (himo, “string”) + 解(と)く (toku, “to undo”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひもと​く [hìmótóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çimo̞to̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

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
    歴(れき)史(し)をひもとく
    rekishi o himotoku
    to investigate history

Conjugation
Conjugation of "ひもとく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ひもとか himotoka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ひもとき himotoki
Shūshikei ("terminal") ひもとく himotoku
Rentaikei ("attributive") ひもとく himotoku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ひもとけ himotoke
Meireikei ("imperative") ひもとけ himotoke
Key constructions
Passive ひもとかれる himotokareru
Causative ひもとかせる
ひもとかす		 himotokaseru
himotokasu
Potential ひもとける himotokeru
Volitional ひもとこう himotokō
Negative ひもとかない himotokanai
Negative continuative ひもとかず himotokazu
Formal ひもときます himotokimasu
Perfective ひもといた himotoita
Conjunctive ひもといて himotoite
Hypothetical conditional ひもとけば himotokeba

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