To Solve
To Solve Something, To Untie Something
transitive verb, godan verb
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means solve so the verb vocab version is to solve. You know this verb is for when you are doing the solving because you think it's super coo' (く) to solve things.
The reading is the same as 解ける, so if you know that you can read this one too.
パズルを解くのが好きなんです。
I like solving puzzles.
その天才少年は、大人でも難しい難問をスラスラ解いた。
That boy genius effortlessly solved difficult problems that even adults would find hard.
「こんな問題、三分で解けるさ！」って言ってたのに、三週間たってもまだ解答が送られてこないんだよね。
He said, "I can solve this kind of problem in three minutes!" but even after three weeks, he still hasn't sent me the answer.