明く

あく

to open (e.g. doors)

N5 #1,446

Meanings

also 開く · 空く

  1. godan verb, intransitive, esp. 開く to open (e.g. doors)
  2. esp. 開く to open (e.g. business, etc.)
  3. esp. 空く to be empty
  4. esp. 空く to be vacant; to be available; to be free
  5. esp. 明く to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.)
  6. esp. 明く to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
  7. esp. 明く to come to an end
  8. godan verb, transitive, esp. 明く to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
  9. godan verb, intransitive to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

Its kanji

In sentences

夜よるが明あけかけてきた。 Day is breaking. #79761

夜よるが明あけ始はじめた。 It began to dawn. #79757

地震じしんは明あけがたに起おきた。 The earthquake occurred at dawn. #126871

ラマダン明あけです。 Ramadan is over. #10726801