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to untie
  1. 1 to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack
  2. 2 to unsew, to unstitch
  3. 3 to solve, to work out, to answer
  4. 4 to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease
  5. 5 to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege)
  6. 6 to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss
  7. 7 to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair) — also written as 梳く
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • I solved the problem in this way.

    sense 3 · to solve

  • He was relieved of his heavy responsibility.

    sense 4 · to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

  • You should try to figure it out for yourself.

    sense 3 · to solve

  • I tried solving the problem.

    sense 3 · to solve

  • I cast aside my chains.

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