Word Meaning 解けない (Tokenai): Unsolvable, Insoluble

Meaning

English

unsolvable
insoluble

Reading

Kana

とけない

Romaji

tokenai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 69167 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

解す

ほづす

to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.)

解決

かいけつ

settlement

解体

かいたい

dissection (of a body)

解放

かいほう

deallocation (of computer memory)

解説

かいせつ

explanation

解消

かいしょう

cancellation

解約

かいやく

cancellation of a contract

解除

かいじょ

termination (of a contract)

解散

かいさん

dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

解答

かいとう

answer

解熱

げねつ

lowering a fever

解明

かいめい

elucidation

Example Sentences

7

私はまだその問題が解けない。

I haven't been able to solve the problem yet.

誰にもこの問題は解けないよ。

Nobody can solve this problem.

この問題は、易々とは解けない。

This problem isn't easy to solve.

どんな大学者でも、それは解けない。

Even the greatest scholar can't solve that.

私にはこの問題解けないよ。難しすぎるもん。

I can't solve this problem. It's too difficult for me.

この問題は難しすぎて小学生には解けないよ。

This problem is too difficult for primary school children to solve.

トムは10ヶ国語がぺらぺらという語学の天才だが、数学は大の苦手で簡単な1次方程式も解けない。

Tom is a language genius who speaks 10 languages fluently, but he's really bad at maths and can't even solve a simple first-order equation.