溶とく

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

dissolve; mix; mix in

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.

• 小こ麦むぎ粉こを水みずで溶といてください。

  Please mix the flour with water.

• 塩しおをぬるま湯ゆに溶とかす前まえに、まず溶といておく。

  Before dissolving the salt in lukewarm water, first mix it in.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

scramble; stir; beat

Specifically for eggs: to scramble or beat them. Also used for stirring other ingredients into a uniform mixture.

• 卵たまごを溶といてからフライパンに入いれてください。

  Please beat the eggs and then put them in the frying pan.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

melt; liquefy; smelt

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

• 鉄てつを熔とくには非ひ常じょうに高たかい温おん度どが必ひつ要ようだ。

  Melting iron requires a very high temperature.