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溶かす · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Transitive: to cause a solid to become liquid through heat. Used for ice, butter, chocolate, metal, etc.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

dissolve; bring into solution

Transitive: to dissolve a solid into a liquid, forming a solution. Common with salt, sugar, powder, etc.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

lose money; squander

Colloquial: to lose money, especially through gambling or wasteful spending. Often used in the pattern 金を溶かす.

〈物もの〉を溶とかすto melt something (ice, chocolate, metal, etc.)
鍋なべでチョコレートを溶とかした。
I melted the chocolate in a pot.
〈物もの〉を〈物もの〉に溶とかすto dissolve something into a liquid
塩しおを水みずに溶とかしてから使つかう。
Dissolve the salt in water before using it.
金かねを溶とかすto squander/lose a lot of money (esp. gambling)
彼かれはギャンブルで大たい金きんを溶とかしてしまった。
He blew a huge amount of money on gambling.

溶とけるN2
溶ける is the intransitive verb meaning 'to melt/dissolve by itself', while 溶かす is transitive and needs an agent doing the melting or dissolving.

溶よう解かい sense 1
溶解する is a formal, scientific synonym for 溶かす, common in chemistry or technical writing, while 溶かす is the everyday verb used at home or in cooking.
使つかい果はたすN1sense 3
使い果たす means 'to use up completely' and is a more neutral way to say what the slang sense of 溶かす expresses about squandering money.
溶とくN2
溶かす is the general verb for melting or dissolving a solid into liquid, while 溶く specifically means to mix or stir something (like flour, eggs, or paint) into a liquid until smooth.
解とくN3
解く (とく) can mean to comb out tangled hair, but とかす is the far more common everyday word for combing hair.

固かためるN2sense 1
固める means 'to harden/solidify', the opposite process to 溶かす's 'to melt'.

梳とかすN2
解かす is a homograph pronounced the same as 溶かす but means 'to comb (hair)' or 'to untangle', a completely different action.
溶とくN2sense 2
溶く means 'to mix/dissolve into a liquid without necessarily heating' (as with paint or beaten egg), whereas 溶かす more often implies melting with heat or fully dissolving something like salt.

溶とかすUsage82%
Standard kanji for melting, dissolving, and thawing. High priority.
とかすUsage14%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for the colloquial sense.
融とかすUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
解とかすUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Transitive form of 溶ける (とける, 'to melt'). The kanji 溶 is used for melting and dissolving; 融 and 解 are rare variants.