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    3. 開く

    開く

    開ひらく​

    to open

    N5KMT6CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab13 strokes

    ひらく

    Verb, Intransitive, Transitive

    1.
    to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack
    2.
    to bloom, to unfold, to spread out
    3.
    to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
    4.
    to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen

    Verb, Transitive

    5.
    to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open
    6.
    to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start
    7.
    to open (ports, borders, etc.)
    8.
    to open (an account)
    9.
    to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop
    10.
    to open (a file, etc.)
    computing
    11.
    to extract (root), to reduce (equation)
    mathematics
    12.
    to cut open (fish)
    food, cooking
    13.
    to change (kanji into hiragana)

    Verb, Intransitive

    14.
    to flare (e.g. skirt)
    15.
    to slacken (into a poor posture)
    sports

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    本ほんが開ひらいています。

    The book is open.

    KMT3Daily Life
    図と書しょ館かんは朝あさ9時じに開ひらきます。

    The library opens at 9 AM.

    KMT6Daily LifeEducation
    桜さくらの花はながもうすぐ開ひらくでしょう。

    The cherry blossoms will open soon.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    新あたらしい口こう座ざを開ひらくには、身み分ぶん証しょう明めい書しょが必ひつ要ようです。

    You need identification to open a new account.

    KMT6Business & FinanceDaily Life
    来らい週しゅう、国こく際さい会かい議ぎが東とう京きょうで開ひらかれる予よ定ていです。

    An international conference is scheduled to be held in Tokyo next week.

    KMT7Politics & LawBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    開
    ひら.く・ひら.き・-びら.き・ひら.ける・あ.く・あ.ける…(4)
    open・unfold・unseal
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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