紐ひも解とく

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

open a book to read; read a book

Literally 'untie the cord', referring to the traditional practice of untying a bound book. Used in literary or formal contexts for opening and reading a book, often with a sense of beginning to read carefully.

• 彼かれは毎まい晩ばん、枕まくら元もとで一いっ冊さつの本ほんを紐ひも解とく。

  Every night, he opens a book by his bedside and reads.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん