Japanese

かす

とかす
Meaning: to melt; to dissolve
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 溶かす 溶かさない
Polite 溶かします 溶かしません
Past 溶かした 溶かさなかった
Polite + Past 溶かしました 溶かしませんでした
Te-form 溶かして 溶かさなくて
Potential 溶かせる 溶かせない
Passive 溶かされる 溶かされない
Causative 溶かさせる 溶かさせない
Imperative 溶かせ 溶かすな

Handwriting

溶
か
す

Example sentences

Melt the butter in a pan and add flour.
溶かしたチョコレートを型に流し込む。
Pour the melted chocolate into the mold.
お刺身を食べる時は、わさびを溶かした醤油につけるのが一般的だ。
When eating sashimi, it is common to dip it in soy sauce with wasabi dissolved in it.
塩を水に溶かして溶液を作る
Dissolve salt in water to make a solution.
溶かした青銅で鐘を鋳る。
A bell is cast from melted bronze.
この山の洞窟は、雨水が石灰岩を少しずつ溶かしてできた。
The cave in this mountain formed as rainwater dissolved the limestone little by little.
金属を溶かすと、表面にドロスが浮いてくる。
When metal is melted, dross floats to the surface.

Usage Notes

Commonly used for making a solid liquid through heat (like ice or metal) or mixing a solid into a liquid.

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