ひもとく

From 紐(ひも) (himo, “string”) + 解(と)く (toku, “to undo”).

• (Tokyo) ひもとく [hìmótóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [çimo̞to̞kɯ̟]

ひもとく • (himotoku) ^{←ひもとく (fimotoku)?}transitive godan (stem ひもとき (himotoki), past ひもといた (himotoita))

1. to read (a book)
   • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 4, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 中 両親と私 [My Parents and I]:

     小(こ)勢(ぜい)な人(にん)数(ず)には広(ひろ)過(す)ぎる古(ふる)い家(いえ)がひっそりしている中(なか)に、私(わたくし)は行(こう)李(り)を解(と)いて書(しょ)物(もつ)を繙(ひもと)き始(はじ)めた。

     Kozei na ninzu ni wa hirosugiru furui ie ga hissori shite iru naka ni, watakushi wa kōri o toite shomotsu o himotokihajimeta.

     As the old house, which was too large for how few of us there were, lay still, I untied my wicker trunk and began to read my books.

2. to investigate by reading

   歴(れき)史(し)をひもとく

   rekishi o himotoku

   to investigate history