verb·n2

ほどく

To untie; to unfasten; to undo (a knot, binding, button, etc.) (sometimes used 解く）

靴くつの紐ひもをほどく

結むすび目めをほどく

Conjugations

dictionaryほどくhodoku

to untie/unfasten

negativeほどかないhodokanai

do not untie

politeほどきますhodokimasu

untie (polite)

polite negativeほどきませんhodokimasen

do not untie (polite)

te formほどいてhodoite

…and untie / gerund

pastほどいたhodoita

untied

past negativeほどかなかったhodokanakatta

did not untie

potentialほどけるhodokeru

can untie / can come undone

passiveほどかれるhodokareru

be untied / be unfastened

causativeほどかせるhodokaseru

make/let (someone) untie

conditionalほどけばhodokeba

if (someone) unties

volitionalほどこうhodokou

let's untie / will untie