開く

あく

to open (e.g. doors)

N5 #1,446

Meanings

also 空く · 明く

  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)

ひらく

  1. godan verb, intransitive, transitive 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
  5. godan verb, transitive 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. computing to open (a file, etc.)
  11. mathematics to extract (root); to reduce (equation)
  12. food, cooking, as 魚を開く to cut open (fish)
  13. to change (kanji into hiragana)
  14. godan verb, intransitive to flare (e.g. skirt)
  15. sports, as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc. to slacken (into a poor posture)
  16. usually in kana, go (game), usu. ヒラく to extend

Its kanji

In sentences

窓まどが開あいた。 The window opened. #2481915

ドアが開あいた。 The door opened. #201907

もう開あいてる? Is it already open? #8714272

ドアが開あきます。 The door opens. #8888550

窓まどが開あいてるよ。 The window is open. #10913719

窓まどが開あいています。 The window is open. #10913718

まだ開あいてますよ。 We're still open. #11495303

かばん開あいてますよ。 Your bag's open. #3565442