開

opening of a hot spring or bathhouse

start codon; initiation codon

Computing

development process

Computing

development kit

code name (of a product under development)

development bank

opening (a letter); unsealing

open ditch; open channel; open conduit; open culvert

first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month)

development economics

open circuit

open economy

mechanical device for opening and closing (shutters, gates, etc.)

Rare term

(railway) crossing gate; barrier

to be licensed to practice (e.g. law); to be allowed to open a business

dissected plateau

split and dried saurel

open tube test

develop-and-import formula

open tuberculosis

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

Noun or verb acting prenominally

unopened

Noun or verb acting prenominally

forbidden

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