Translation guide
The process of a solid becoming liquid due to heat, or the emotional sense of softening or dissolving.
Describe a solid turning into liquid from heat.
General verb for solids melting or dissolving. Intransitive.
Transitive verb: to melt something.
Melt the chocolate.
Technical term for melting, often used in scientific contexts.
Heat is required for the melting of ice.
Express that one's feelings become tender or moved.
Describe gradually disappearing or blending into surroundings.
溶ける is the most common for melting solids. 解ける is used for things coming undone (e.g., knots, puzzles). 融ける is a less common variant for melting, often in financial contexts (e.g., funds melting away). Stick to 溶ける for physical melting.
声が闇に消え入った。
The voice melted into the darkness.