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ほつす

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

disentangle; untangle; unravel; loosen

dated termusually written using kana alone

Dated term for physically separating tangled threads, knots, or similar; modern Japanese more commonly uses ほどく.

古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、糸いとをほつすと記

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In old documents, it is written as 'to disentangle thread'.

Kanji

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Similar words

ほどく
ほどく is the modern, common word for untangling or undoing knots, threads, or fastenings. ほつす is its dated equivalent.

Etymology

The historical derivation is uncertain; it may be related to the modern verb ほどく (to untie, to unravel).