空ける

also 開ける · 明ける

1. ichidan verb, transitive, esp. 空ける to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room
2. esp. 空ける to move out; to clear out
3. esp. 空ける to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily)
4. ichidan verb, intransitive, esp. 明ける to dawn; to grow light
5. esp. 明ける to end (of a period, season)
6. esp. 明ける to begin (of the New Year)
7. esp. 明ける to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for)
8. to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

うつける also 虚ける

1. ichidan verb, intransitive to become empty (hollow)
2. to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state