開

Buddhist missionary, esp. in Jodo, Pure Land, etc. sects; Buddhist minister (in the West)

eyelid speculum; lid retractor

Linguistics

open syllable

(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel

(of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

Botany

dehiscent fruit

Computing

public text

functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned)

surgeon's cuffs

large-scale housing and lifestyle development project

groove (in welding)

punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)

open channel (liquid flow)

Food, cooking

bowl of rice topped with beef (or pork) and egg

opening day flower gift; bouquet of flowers given to a new store (restaurant, etc.) on its opening day

folding trestle legs

Martial arts

hiraki-ashi; lateral foot displacement (kendo)

Electricity, elec. eng.

switching station; switchyard

non-disclosure (of information)

new development

establishment of the shogunate; founding a shogunate

Photography; Physics

f-number; focal ratio; f-ratio; f-stop

opening outward (of a door or window)

Medicine

thoracotomy

Abbreviation

polytechnic college (with two-year and four-year courses)

horizontal deployment (of techniques, etc.); application to other fields

lift bridge