ひらく

開 く

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, intransitive verb, transitive verb

    to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack

    • 先週、私達は舞踏会を開きました。
      We gave a ball last week.

  2. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, intransitive verb, transitive verb

    to bloom, to unfold, to spread out

    • 庭のバラの木のつぼみが少しずつ開き始める。
      Little by little, the buds on the rosebush in my garden begin to open.

  3. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, intransitive verb, transitive verb

    to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)

  4. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, intransitive verb, transitive verb

    to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen

  5. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open

  6. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start

  7. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to open (ports, borders, etc.)

  8. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to open (an account)

  9. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop

  10. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to open (a file, etc.)

  11. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to extract (root), to reduce (equation)

  12. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to cut open (fish)
    as 魚を開く

  13. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to change (kanji into hiragana)

  14. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, intransitive verb

    to flare (e.g. skirt)

  15. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, intransitive verb

    to slacken (into a poor posture)
    as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.