開く
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 開く
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
Transitive verb
to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open
Transitive verb
to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start
Transitive verb
to open (ports, borders, etc.)
Transitive verb
to open (an account)
Transitive verb
to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop
Transitive verb; Computing
to open (a file, etc.)
Transitive verb; Mathematics
to extract (root); to reduce (equation)
Transitive verb; Food, cooking; As 魚を開く
to cut open (fish)
Transitive verb
to change (kanji into hiragana)
Intransitive verb
to flare (e.g. skirt)
Intransitive verb; Sports; As 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.
to slacken (into a poor posture)
Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb; Go (game); Usu. ヒラく
to extend
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