godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
Used for dissolving a solid into a liquid or mixing a powder with liquid to form a smooth mixture. Common with ingredients like flour, salt, paint, or medicine.
小麦粉を水で溶いてください。
Please mix the flour with water.
塩をぬるま湯に溶かす
Before dissolving the salt in lukewarm water, first mix it in.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
Specifically for eggs: to scramble or beat them. Also used for stirring other ingredients into a uniform mixture.
卵を溶いてからフライパンに入れてください。
Please beat the eggs and then put them in the frying pan.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
Rare term for melting or smelting metal. Occasionally written with 熔く or 鎔く. In modern Japanese, 溶かす or 溶ける are more common for melting.
See also: 溶かす
鉄を熔くには非常に高い温度が必要だ。
Melting iron requires a very high temperature.